The new U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Spotsylvania County opened on Monday, and officials marked the occasion on Friday with a gathering at the new location off of U.S. 1.
The 426,722-square-foot outpatient clinic stands on about 60 acres off Hood Drive between U.S. 1 and Interstate 95. The clinic is the VA's largest healthcare facility in the U.S. and is expected to enroll 30,000 to 35,000 veterans within five years and employ more than 1,000 staff members.
The treatment center replaces three other clinics area veterans have used and will offer numerous services to veterans, including specialty clinics, outpatient surgery, mental health or substance abuse treatment, physical or occupational therapy, among other services. The center also will provide specialists and services for which patients previously had to be referred elsewhere.
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RICHMOND: A top executive at a fund meant to help the families of developmentally disabled children was sentenced Wednesday to 9 years in prison, which is above what sentencing guidelines call for and more than the 8 years that prosecutors were seeking.
John Hunter Raines is the former chief financial officer for the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program, a fund dedicated to support developmentally disabled children.
Last October, Raines pleaded guilty to stealing $6.5 million from the fund. That money was used to buy luxury golf carts, private jet flights, and Bitcoin and Dogecoin, as well as to bankroll a gambling habit.
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