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Phoenix VA Health Care System News Release Archive
Archive Start Date: 12/2006
2006
CTHVAMC News Release - Veterans Medical Leadership Council Presents $20,000 to VA Medical Center - PHOENIX - The Veterans Medical Leadership Council (VMLC), a group of military veteran business and civic leaders, dedicated to Veterans causes presented a check for $20,000 to the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center today, which will be used to help aging, disabled and other patients of the medical center. (12/21/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Medical Center Serves up Holiday Tradition with a Flock of Cornish Hens - PHOENIX - Think cooking an elegant holiday meal for all your family or friends is a daunting task? Just wait until you hear this... It will take about two dozen staff at the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center to cook and serve a traditional dinner of Cornish game hens and all the trimmings - including dressing, cranberry salad and pecan pie - to about 150 patients, plus some of their family members on Christmas Day. (12/18/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Veteran Recalls How He Survived Sinking of USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor - PHOENIX - Garth G. Brown, Sr., knows he is lucky to be alive, having survived the sinking of the USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7, 1941. More than 400 men died when the battleship capsized. (11/30/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Asthma Expert Offers Advice for Safeguarding Health on High Pollution Days - PHOENIX - As High Pollution Advisories (HPAs) become more common during winter months in the Valley, many people - especially children, the elderly, people with lung or heart conditions, and people who are very active outdoors - need to know how to protect themselves against the harmful effects of poor air quality. (11/30/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Honoring Veterans with Entry in the 2006 APS Electric Light Parade - PHOENIX - Four "human" toy soldiers, each sporting uniforms adorned with hundreds of tiny electric lights will ride down Central Avenue on the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center float, as part of the 2006 APS Electric Light Parade on Saturday, December 2. The float, an American Eagle covered with more than 50,000 red, white and blue lights, will highlight the V.A. Medical Center's 55-year "Tradition of Honoring Our Veterans" through its mission of providing top-quality medical care and related services. (11/28/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Tenth Annual Veterans Day Parade - PHOENIX - This year's parade celebrates all veterans with the theme, "America's Veterans, Heroes Through the Decades". The VA Veterans Day Parade kicks off at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 11th and runs northbound from the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center on 7th Street and Montectio, westbound on Camelback, then northbound on Central Avenue to North Phoenix Baptist Church. (11/07/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VAMC Staff Builds Float for one of Nation's Top Veterans Day Parades - PHOENIX - Several VA employees will be decorating the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center (CTHVAMC) float for the 10th Annual VA Veterans Day Parade on Saturday, November 4, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Float decorating will take place outside of Building 21, on the northeast corner of the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center grounds, near Central High School. (11/01/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Veterans Day Parade Features Canine Entry to Honor "War Dogs" - PHOENIX - Some veterans are walking to honor friends who served with them in Vietnam, remembering that many did not come home. Others are walking to honor the families who, during World War II, gave their dogs to the U.S. military to help in the war effort. Little did they know that initiative would start a program that proved the versatility and dedication of canines to serve in combat.
(10/25/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Veterans Day Parade Welcomes Two Celebrity Grand Marshals - PHOENIX - It is going to be a busy week for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Miss United States Kayla Downs. Both have agreed to be Celebrity Grand Marshals for the 10th annual VA Veterans Day Parade, to be held on Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 11 a.m. (10/24/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Float Decoration for Tenth Annual VA Veterans Day Parade - PHOENIX - Several VA employees will be decorating the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center (CTHVAMC) float for the 10th Annual VA Veterans Day Parade on Saturday, October 28, and Saturday, November 4, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. (10/22/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Veterans Day Parade - Veterans Grand Marshals News Conference - PHOENIX - On Monday, November 6, 2006, at 11:30 a.m., there will be a special Veteran Grand Marshals News Conference and Luncheon. (10/22/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Medical Center to Honor Youth Essay Winners - PHOENIX - The Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center will host a breakfast to announce the winners of its 10th Annual Veterans Day Parade Essay Contest winners. Ms. United States 2006, Kayla Downs, and Brent Phillips, who was seriously wounded in Iraq while serving with the U.S. Marine Corps, will attend to help recognize the essay contest winners. (10/22/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Veterans Parade - Aircraft Alert - PHOENIX - Attention All News Helicopter Crews: We are planning special flyovers to kick off the tenth annual VA Veterans Day
Parade and are requesting your help in ensuring that local television helicopters do not block these flyovers. (10/22/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Veterans Day Parade Features Three Large Helium Balloons - PHOENIX - With a theme of "Celebrating America's Veterans: Heroes Through the Decades," the 10th Annual VA Veterans Day Parade on Saturday, Nov. 11, will feature three giant helium balloons. (10/22/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - 2006 VA Veterans Day Parade Street Closures - PHOENIX - In order to accommodate the 2006 VA Veterans Day Parade on Saturday, November 11, the following is a list of street closures and times that will help make way for the parade route... (10/22/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Speaker Towers Will Run Gamut of VA Veterans Day Parade Route - PHOENIX - In order to help educate VA Veterans Day Parade attendees about the significance of Veterans Day and many of the military and veterans units in the parade, the VA Veterans Day Parade entries provide educational scripts to help highlight some of the sacrifices of veterans in order to provide our freedom. (10/22/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Veterans Day Parade - "Military Moms" Hold Onto the Red, White and Blue - PHOENIX - Members of the Military Families 24/7 Support Group are participating in the VA Veterans Day Parade to show their support for our troops overseas, but their participation also honors all the families of service men and women who have carried on at home while their loved ones served our country. (10/22/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Preps for Parade with Float Decorating and Balloon Display - PHOENIX - Tuesday, November 7, 2006 from 5:30 to 8:30 a.m.: Veteran Grand Marshals will decorate the Korean War Float and the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center float at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center Third Street entrance. (10/22/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Special Ceremony Held for Patient to Receive Belated Purple Heart - PHOENIX - When Angel Dasig finally receives his Purple Heart Medal more than 50 years after being wounded, the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center will make sure there is a ceremony to go with it. (09/20/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Distinguished Physician, Infectious Disease Specialist, named Chief of Staff - PHOENIX - Raymond Chung, MD, has been named chief of Staff of the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix effective September 5, 2006. (09/01/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Purple Heart Veterans To Receive Welcome Home Baskets - PHOENIX - Veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and who are recipients of the Purple Heart, will receive a special welcome home basket at the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center this week. (08/28/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Phoenix Mayor To Present Disabled Veterans to Climb Mt. Kilamanjaro - PHOENIX - Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon will present Uhuru Ascent (pronounced a-hoo-roo, which is Swahili for "freedom") mountain climbers with an official state of Arizona flag to take with them on their Mt. Kilimanjaro expedition in August.
(07/28/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Korean War Veteran Recalls Experiences on Cease Fire Anniversary - PHOENIX - Silver Star Recipient Nick Gervase will share his reflections of his service during the Korean War, on July 27th. It was on that day in 1953 that the cease fire was signed. Gervase will be displaying his scrapbook, a grenade, knife and rifle used during the conflict and other memorabilia. (07/26/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Medical Center Taps Local Vets for Parade - PHOENIX - The 2006 Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center Veterans Day Parade will honor all of America's veterans, with a focus on those who served in the Korean War (1950-1953), which has been called "the forgotten war." But with the rattling of sabers by North Korea and its recent missile tests, many Americans are likely to recall that conflict, which ended on July 27, 1953, with no formal peace treaty. (07/24/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Valley Vet Competes in National Veterans Wheelchair Games - PHOENIX - Mark Peterson knows it is hot here in July, so when the chance to compete in the VA's National Veterans Wheelchair Games in a cooler climate came to him he took it. Peterson will now be among more than 500 veterans with disabilities who will compete in the Games, being held July 3 through 8 in Anchorage, Alaska. (06/27/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Rapid HIV Testing Helps Patients Learn Results Quickly - PHOENIX - The Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center (CTHVAMC) is offering a rapid test for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that allows patients to get test results back within an hour, compared with a wait time of up to two weeks for the standard HIV test. (06/26/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Researcher Working on Unique Therapy for Stroke Patients - PHOENIX - The internet could become a powerful new tool in treating stroke patients with communication deficits and allow them to regain more of their independence, thanks to the work of researchers at the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center (CTHVAMC) in Phoenix and the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. (06/22/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Re-Creation to Visit VA Medical Center with Exciting New Performances - PHOENIX - Re-Creation's "Dancin' in the Streets!" show will appear at the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center (CTHVAMC) on Monday, June 19, 2006, at 1:30 p.m., in the Nursing Home Care Unit, with a new stage presentation to hospitalized veterans and their guests. (06/16/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Issues Call to Action Against Obesity - PHOENIX - With obesity a major threat to the health of America's veterans, the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Phoenix is launching a new program to combat the effects of inactive lifestyles and unhealthy eating habits. (06/07/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Run for The Wall Comes to VA Medical Center in Phoenix - PHOENIX - As many as 500 motorcycle riders and their support crews will converge on the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Phoenix on Wednesday, May 17 around 4:30 p.m., entering Steele Indian School Park, adjacent to the Medical Center, at Third Street and Indian School Road in Phoenix. From there, they will divide into groups to visit with patients for about an hour. (05/12/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center Director Retires - PHOENIX - John R. Fears, Medical Center Director for the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona has announced his retirement. (05/02/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Ahwatukee Resident is VA Medical Center Volunteer of the Year - PHOENIX - To aging veterans at the VA Nursing Home Care Unit, May Swanson is an adaptive Tai Chi Chih instructor, someone who helps them move about and, perhaps most importantly, a caring ear. The Ahwatukee resident was recently named "Volunteer of the Year" at the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Phoenix. (04/26/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - ScriptTalk: The "Talking Pill Bottle" for the Blind and Visually Impaired - PHOENIX - Many people who are visually impaired have a difficult time reading or understanding the instructions on their prescription bottles. Small print on the prescription labels and pill bottles that look alike can lead to several concerning outcomes including confusion, not taking medication or taking the wrong dosage. (04/17/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Harleys Roll Onto VA Medical Center Campus - PHOENIX - The bikes are being brought to the medical center courtesy of Verl Smith Racing for VETS, of Rainier, Ore. Joining Smith are racers Robbie McCaa and Hyper "Liz" from Anaheim, Calif., and Mary Lou Brew from Raleigh, N.C. The racers are in Phoenix for the AHDRA races at Firebird International Raceway on April 8 and 9. Verl "Smitty" Smith heads a nonprofit organization, Veterans Educating Towards Survivial (VETS). Believing that racing Harleys is "an American Dream," Smith's group helps train veterans to work on racing teams. (03/31/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Medical Center Helps Operation Iraqi Freedom Couple Transition - PHOENIX - March 19 is the third anniversary of the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom and it brings back memories for Army Specialist (E-4) Bernard Rogers of Avondale, who was there right after the beginning of the war. He returned home in August 2003. (03/15/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Veterans at VA Nursing Home Catch Olympic Spirit - PHOENIX - With other veterans, volunteers and staff dressed in patriotic colors cheering them on, veterans at the VA Medical Center Nursing Home Care Unit will carry their version of the Olympic torch down the hallways of the Carl T. Hayden V.A. Medical Center on Friday, February 10, beginning at 10:30 a.m. (02/06/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Medical Center Dispenses Convenience with Online Prescription Refills - PHOENIX - Are you finding that you have no time to get to the pharmacy to pick up that refill? Well if you're a veteran you may not need to worry. Thanks to enhanced services through the MyHealtheVet Online Prescription Refill system, patients at the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center can order prescriptions on line and have them mailed to their home. (01/31/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - New Patient Beds at VA Medical Center Make Hospital Stays Safer - PHOENIX - Injuries due to falls are the leading cause of adverse events at hospitals, and a major safety issue for all older Americans. To help prevent such injuries, the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Phoenix has begun using "smart beds" that can alert staff to patient movements, thus helping to prevent falls. The "smart beds" can also reduce the possibility of staff injuries associated with moving patients, via their enhanced technology. (01/25/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - VA Offers Two Years of No-cost Health Care for Veterans of OIF / OEF - PHOENIX - In accordance with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center (CTHVAMC) is reaching out to meet the needs of our nation's newest veterans - the men and women who return from service in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF). (01/23/2006)
CTHVAMC News Release - Veterans' Health Care Outscores Private Sector - Again - PHOENIX - Veterans continue to be more satisfied with their health care than the average American, according to an annual report on customer satisfaction that compares the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system with private-sector health care. (01/23/2006)
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