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Veterans: How Can VA Improve Your Health Care?: VA is hosting public virtual listening sessions to hear from Veterans on how to design a health care system of the future. John J. Pershing VA Medical Center event April 8, 2021.
"I feel like a superhero": Vietnam Veteran, Donnie Acklin says he’s lived a great life, despite a few challenges. The oldest of seven children, Acklin was born on Thanksgiving Day in his grandmother’s house in the small Missouri town.
Straight Shooter Aims for Good Health: If life gives you lemons…shoot ‘em. That’s the philosophy of Mr. James “Diamondback Billy” and Mrs. Dena “Snake Charmer” Alphin, anyway. James and Dena Alphin are the sort of people everyone wants to hang around.
“When you start enjoying life – things are good.”: Army Veteran, Perry James was taking approximately 400 hydrocodone/month due to service-connected chronic pain.
New Privacy Protocols: New protocols are in place for furniture moves, including a two-person verification system and a locked staging area.
“The best thing that’s ever happened to me": Harry Eichler celebrated his 89th birthday in early March, but he still has plenty of memories that turn into stories for the interested listener.
VA to Host Town Hall Meeting in Poplar Bluff: The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center announced a town hall meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 14, at the Elks Lodge north of Poplar Bluff; located at 2452, US Highway 67.
MOVE! Makes a Difference: November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, and through awareness campaigns and health education efforts, word is spreading that diabetes is the leading cause of adult blindness, kidney failure.
One Veteran Making a Difference: Sikeston resident, Gerald Rogers, is a kindly man, with an easy smile and a good sense of humor. Originally from Morehouse, Missouri, Rogers enlisted in the Army in 1961, five days after turning seventeen.
Veteran Uses VIST Services to Overcome Challenges: Sergeant First Class Kenneth James Cline is a bona fide hero. The kind we wave American flags for and parents point out to their children during parades.