BREMERTON - has begun a new clinical veterans larger.
At a recent meeting between the contractor Office National Personal Systems Engineering and construction successful healthcare VA Puget Gold Oyster Bay LLC owner resulted in a limited notice to proceed, said on Friday, VA spokesman Chad Hutson. The action allows the owner to start preparatory work.
The clinic is located at 4205 Kitsap Way, in the commercial center of Oyster Bay in a room that had housed a pharmacy Rite Aid.
District Ed Wolfe said he toured the facility last week and workers in the interior were demolish.
During the demolition, the National Contracting Office will continue to work with the owner of the finished building, small design changes for a complete message can be issued to proceed, which is expected shortly, Hutson said. Once the final decision is taken, a timetable for the completion and opening is now being developed.
Hutson said in June that if the negotiations on the allocation of costs of the VA clinic could develop rapidly, expected to open in the fall.
The site was selected three candidates in October. the other two locations are identified.
The new location is less than a mile and a half from the existing clinic at 925 Ave. Adele, who opened with 14,000 square meters in 2001, almost three times the size. The larger facility allows staff from 22 to more than 30. The additional staff primary care and primary care expand at home and add physical therapy.
The VA provides health care for members who honorably discharged and fall under certain income levels were. without a doctor visit outpatient community as Bremerton to create the most common services for the health and well-being, largest veterinary center in Seattle or Tacoma.
The representative of the United States. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, the clinic said can not open fast enough after delayed for years.
"For a long time veteran in Bremerton inadequate facilities and overcrowding treated, led to the difficulties of access to quality health care," he said. "I'm impatient, and I want, this is because veterans deserve better. That is why I have the VA shoved and I will continue to push until the new hospital opened. I'll take my work with local leaders continue to see this through, what veterans get deserved the care. "
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