[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13243]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     IN HONOR OF 50 YEARS OF SERVICE BY THE LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND 
             DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 8, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the Louis Stokes 
Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center's 
Brecksville Campus, as they celebrate 50 years of service to the 
community's most deserving patients.
  For the past 50 years, the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center's 
Brecksville Campus has provided extended care rehabilitation, general 
nursing home, center for psycho-geriatric care and a domiciliary for 
the homeless. This campus has also served as a training facility for 
the VA's Employee Education System and National Training Center. As 
part of the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center Transformation, 
the Brecksville Campus is being consolidated at the Cleveland VA's Wade 
Park location.
  The Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center is dedicated to the 
quality care of all veterans. It is the fifth largest VA in the country 
and serves close to 95,000 veterans annually. The Louis Stokes 
Cleveland VA Medical Center was the first VA to receive disease 
specific accreditation for Inpatient Diabetes Care in 2007 and has also 
received a special commendation by the American College of Surgeons as 
a Certified Comprehensive Cancer Program.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honoring all those who 
have been instrumental in providing care to the veterans of the 
Brecksville Campus of the Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center for the past 50 years.

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