VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System (VCB)

Congressman Henry Cuellar, joined City of Laredo Mayor Raul Salinas, The University of Texas Health Science Center President Dr. William Henrich and VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System Acting Director Ms. Danna Malone at the ground breaking of the new Laredo VA Outpatient Clinic.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and the City of Laredo were joined by Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) for the ground breaking ceremony of the Laredo VA Outpatient Clinic on April 2, 2012. 

The new clinic will be 18,464 square feet and will replace the current 10,000 square foot facility. Expected to open in early 2013, the facility will provide extended primary care services, including: mental health, nutrition, women’s health, podiatry, dental, tele-health and social work services. Diagnostic capabilities will be enhanced with the addition of an in-house laboratory and general radiology room.

“I am truly excited about this important project for our Laredo area Veterans ” said Ms. Danna Malone, Acting Director, VA Texas  Coastal Bend Health Care System (VATVCBHCS).“We will be able to maintain and expand VA health care services with this new facility!  I am very proud of that and I am very proud to be a part of this team effort and thank all of our project partners for their important support in this endeavor.”  

The project is a joint venture that includes the VA, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and the City of Laredo