Persistence by Local Lawmaker Pays Off
Conroe Our community our veterans and the Houston VA leadership have worked for several years to secure a major expansion of the clinic so this expansion is very good news. I thank & commend Secretary Shinseki for approving and supporting this important expansion for our veterans said U.S.
Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) while announcing that his fight to secure a major expansion of the Conroe VA Clinic has been successful with the VA Secretary Eric Shinsekis signing of the request.
The Conroe VA Clinic is a remarkable success now serving 7500 area veterans whose families no longer have to make long drives into Houston for routine care says Brady.
The Conroe VA Clinic opened four years ago after a successful community wide campaign spearheaded by Brady local veterans groups and community leaders. The clinic quickly expanded into adjacent space with additional services as its patient load has more than tripled from its original 2000 veterans. The next step for the VA is to find a location for an expanding clinic which currently has the largest utilization rate in the entire DeBakey VA system.
The Conroe VA Clinic has an amazing staff and it has quickly become indispensable for our veterans and their families. Conroe VA doctors are already seeing the maximum number of patients allowed by VA policy and last year clinic staff handled nearly 40-thousand outpatient visits says Brady. A larger permanent home will allow this clinic meet the needs of our growing veteran population.
Brady applauds the work of Dr. Rajani Potu clinic medical director and Rachel Adams clinic administrator whose creativity and commitment to local veterans led them for the last four years to find as many nooks and crannies as possible to expand the clinics capabilities in its current location.
The Conroe VA Clinics staff should all be commended because its not possible to see more than three times the patients your facility was designed -- or projected to handle -- without amazing management and skillful use of resources concluded Brady.
The sooner the VA can open the new clinic the better.
