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About Hines VA Hospital
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, located 12 miles west of downtown
Chicago on a 147-acre campus, offers primary, extended and specialty
care to veteran patients in the Chicagoland area. We are the largest
VA in the state of Illinois, where more than a million veterans
live. Specialized clinical programs at Hines VA include Blind
Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury, Neurosurgery, Radiation Therapy
and Cardiovascular Surgery.
Hines currently operates 472 inpatient hospital beds and seven
community based outpatient clinics in Manteno, Elgin, Oak Lawn,
Aurora, LaSalle, and Joliet. Approximately 551,914 patient visits
occurred in fiscal year 2005, with our staff providing top quality
health care to 53,517 veterans, primarily from Cook, DuPage and Will
counties.
Hines represents virtually the entire spectrum of VA healthcare
and clinical programs. In addition to those programs already
mentioned, a partial list of specialized programs includes: a Spinal
Cord Injury Residential Care Facility, AMVETS Reactivation Center,
Extended Care Center, Preservation, Amputation, Care and Treatment
Program (PACT), Automated Fabrication of Mobility Aids services,
Hospice Care, Interventional Radiology, Interventional Cardiology,
Respite Care, Dual Diagnosis Substance Abuse Program, and Homeless
Chronically Mentally Ill Program.
Hines is affiliated with approximately 70 colleges and
universities for the education of undergraduate and graduate
students in the associated health professions and occupations and
professional students in medicine, nursing and dentistry. Hines is
institutionally affiliated with Loyola University of Chicago,
Stritch School of Medicine and programmatically affiliated with the
University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, and the
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago
Medical School.
Hines is one of the largest facilities in the VA system and we
employ over 2,000 employees. We have remodeled numerous patient care
areas in recent years and have a number of ongoing construction
projects underway. Patient satisfaction is a top priority for every
employee at our facility and we are proud and honored to serve
America’s veterans.
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