I would like to extend my thanks to the VA Hospital in San Antonio, Texas and give lot of credit and my admiration for great service. It is also referred to as the Audie L. Murphy Medical Center and I am sure you know who he was. The VA Hospital in San Antonio is affiliated with the University of Texas Medical Center which is also a teaching college. My Doctor, who did the actual hip surgery had the assistance of the residents of this medical center. My doctor, Dr. Morrey, is in private practice and is renown across the country. He was asked to be a teacher at the University of Texas and then they asked him also to participate at the VA center which he also accepted. Thank God. He is that good.
Now all hospitals, and not all VA hospitals are the same. I can tell you that there is a night and day difference between the VA hospital in Gainesville, Florida is like 180 degrees apart from that in San Antonio. As soon as I came to Texas, they were all over me and it was non stop since December of last year. I have had appointments line up every month, some times 2 to 3 a month for corrections and tests that I need. I am very lucky, indeed, to be here in the San Antonio area, and be helped by the VA in San Antonio. The care that I am given far exceeds what i have ever received from the private sector. I have never been around such thoughtful and caring people in the medical profession. And they extend that kindness to my family as well.
The VA provides great support and like everywhere, the support in some locations exceeds those of others by a wide margin. And, the price tag is even better: Nothing, thanks to a little bullet that I stopped 45 years ago.
With everything wrong with this country today, one of the things that it has got right is the VA Audie Murphy Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Ed
