Kessler, VA form partnership

by Gabe Donio, Gazette Staff Writer

(Reproduced by permission of the Hammonton Gazette - January 25, 2006 issue)

         HAMMONTON—On January 20, Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo (R-2nd) announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Kessler Memorial Hospital were creating a new partnership to deliver acute care to the veterans of southern New Jersey in addition to servicing the general population’s health care needs.  “After five very long and tortuous years working with my colleagues, I’m proud to announce that we’re bringing acute in-patient and out-patient care to South Jersey. This is a significant first step. We hope to use this as a springboard to help provide better health care to our veterans in southern New Jersey. We live in the greatest nation on the earth because of our veterans,” LoBiondo said.