Medical facility for Veterans coming to Yuma
Madeline Murray
YUMA COUNTY, Ariz. (KYMA) – Onvida Health is partnering with the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System to build a brand new state-of-the-art medical facility dedicated to serving those who served our country.
Jake Childs, Onvida Health President of Hospital Operations, says, “This allows that 30,000 squared feet to be filled with new clinical programs that previously weren’t available in Yuma.”
The long-term investment made by onvida will cost a little over $30 million.
Healthcare will be provided directly by the VA, where they will bring in programs like primary care, women’s health, imaging, audiology, physical and occupational therapy.
Childs talked about how this will help Veterans in our community.
“The first thing that the veterans will feel, is now we have that access here in Yuma, no longer do we have to travel, but in addition they will have a brand new space,” explains Childs.
One local veteran, David Ibarra, says not having to go the extra mile for medical assistance makes their lives easier.
“Having a new facility, its great because of the fact that us veterans can get our medical care and our appointments here in Yuma, instead of having to go all the way to Tucson, that’s a long drive,” Ibarra remarked.
He adds that there is specific care that some Veterans need saying, “We sustain some injuries, we sustain some phycological treatment that we need also for PTSD, and right here, we are able to get this care.”
The new medical facility will be completed by the summer of 2027.