Shawn Vestal: Spokane veterans’ hospital struggles with specialty care - Wed, 16 Jul 2014 PST

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Doctor shortages in the optometry services have been the primary reason for longer-than-usual wait lists at Spokane’s Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center this summer, and none of the waits has involved urgent care, a top hospital official said Tuesday. The hospital is acting quickly to move veterans off that list, aided in part by the hiring of an optometrist and in part by a new initiative that ...

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