Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie says the department is prepared to back up the nation's health care system if needed. The VA is the largest health care system in the country, with 170 medical centers.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie told NPR the department was prepared to help back up the nation's health care system, if needed.Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie told NPR the department was prepared to help back up the nation's health care system, if needed.
The VA is the largest health care system in the country, with 170 medical centers. The department has three better known missions: veterans' health care, benefits and national cemeteries. The"fourth mission" is as an emergency back-up health system during a disaster or pandemic. VA has permanent staff who plan and train for emergencies — they pitched in to help after recent hurricanes in Puerto Rico and Texas, and even the Pulse nightclub shooting in Florida.
Wilkie says VA was among the first in the U.S. to put coronavirus screenings in place at hospitals and to shut its assisted living homes to visitors. VA also began to prepare staff for the health emergency last month, setting up 19 emergency operations centers nationwide, and calling for volunteers to be deployed across the country in an emergency.
Four VA frontline staff in four different states told NPR they fear an impending shortage of personal protection equipment such as masks, gowns and special gear used with ventilators. They all asked to withhold their names in order to speak freely.
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