The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced a $364.9 million contract to help bring to reality years of planning for a new world-class medical facility in Las Vegas by September 2011.
The new facility will supplement existing inpatient services for Nevada’s estimated 246,000 veterans in facilities at Reno and in shared space at Nellis Air Force base. VA also operates 10 outpatient clinics in Nevada, four of them in Las Vegas.
The 364.9 million dollar medical center, which will be part of VA’s Southern Nevada Health Care System, will provide medical, surgical and mental health care, as well as ambulatory care facilities.
VA states that the new facility will meet the needs of a growing Las Vegas area veterans population with a full-service facility providing radiology, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine, pharmacy, laboratories, education, and diagnostic and treatment clinics.