History | VA Dublin Health Care | Veterans Affairs

History | VA Dublin Health Care | Veterans Affairs


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Explore the rich heritage of the VA Dublin Healthcare System. CARL VINSON VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER The Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin, Georgia, is one of 154


medical centers in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) that cares for U.S. military Veterans. Originally commissioned as a U.S. Navy hospital in 1945, the medical center serves 40,000


Veterans in forty-nine counties in middle and southeast Georgia and manages community-based outpatient clinics in Albany, Macon, Milledgeville, Perry, and Tifton and is the largest employer


in Laurens County, Georgia, with 2,400 employees. The medical center’s mission is to provide America’s heroes with the highest quality healthcare possible in an environment of dignity and


respect and that honors Veterans’ service and empowers their health. The Dublin VA provides outpatient and residential services including specialty services, covers 83 acres, and operates


with a $550 million annual budget. Residential services include residential nursing care in the facility’s Community Living Center (CLC) and Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Program


(MHRRTP), or “domiciliary,” services. Primary care, residential, specialty, and ancillary services are supported by innovative programs and services based in the Whole Health concept and


cutting-edge technologies emerging from telehealth. The medical center is currently under the executive management of Mr. David Scott Reesman, a retired U.S. Army Lt. Colonel. More


information on the medical center and VA is available at WWW.DUBLIN.VA.GOV and on their Facebook page. Communications Director Dr. Frank Jordan can be reached at [email protected] or .