Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center

Description

The WilkesBarre VA Medical Center located in WilkesBarre Pennsylvania is a complexity level 2 teaching hospital which provides a full range of patient care services The medical center is equipped with stateoftheart technology such as the computerized medical record and teleradiology Comprehensive health care is provided through primary and tertiary care in areas of medicine surgery psychiatry physical medicine and rehabilitation neurology oncology dentistry hematology and nephrology Additionally geriatrics and extended care services are offered including long term care telemedicine respite dementia rehabilitation hospice transitional care and a variety of home care services

The medical center has 68 operating hospital beds including 10 Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program plus 105 operating Community Living Center beds

The WilkesBarre VA Medical Center is part of the VA Healthcare VISN 4 along with nine other medical centers in Altoona Butler Clarksburg Coatesville Erie Lebanon Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Wilmington

The WilkesBarre VA Medical Center serves veterans in 18 counties in Pennsylvania Bradford Susquehanna Lycoming Sullivan Wyoming Lackawanna Wayne Pike Union Montour Columbia Luzerne Monroe Carbon Northumberland Snyder Northampton and Lehigh and one county in New York Tioga

There are several health care systems in the community surrounding the Medical Center They are Wyoming Valley Health Care System WilkesBarre General Hospital and First Hospital Wyoming Valley Geisinger Health System Geisinger Wyoming Valley and Geisinger South WilkesBarre and Kindred Hospital Wyoming Valley