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For VA recruiter, “best care anywhere” has whole new meaning
After being an inpatient at a VA COVID unit, VA National Healthcare Recruitment Consultant Dave Aragon shares a new perspective on VA health care.
“Best care anywhere” is a mantra for Dave Aragon, who uses the phrase frequently in his role as a national healthcare recruitment consultant for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). But those words have taken on a much greater and more personal significance since his battle with the coronavirus (COVID-19) and pneumonia complications – and the care he experienced firsthand in a VA COVID unit.
Aragon was no stranger to the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System in Las Vegas. He has supported VA recruitment efforts for the facility since joining VA and continues to help them attract “hard-to-recruit” health care providers for positions considered critical to Veteran patient care. In fact, Aragon had recruited one of the physicians who recently atte