Lubbock will soon have a VA clinic to be proud of.
The new Lubbock VA Outpatient Clinic on 4th Street and Indiana Avenue, across the street from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, will open on Tuesday, June 1.
The $12.3 million, multi-story facility will offer 94,000 square feet of clinical space and new services. Of the many new services are surgical care, an eye clinic, radiology services, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and more.
According to the Amarillo Veterans Administration Health Care System, the new building will allow for expanded primary care, mental health, telehealth, dental and pharmacy services.
Dr. Rodney Gonzalez, director of the Amarillo VA Health Care System, which the Lubbock VA falls under, says the new clinic is more than three times larger than the current facility. He said this is a modern clinic, adding that it s a facility that the region will be proud of.
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