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Veterans Affairs Med Center

10 Casia Street
San Juan, PR 00921-3201
(787) 641-7582

For more information on this hospital, visit the Veterans Affairs Med Center

Hospital type:	General medical and surgical
Operated by:	Veterans Affairs
Total beds:	479
Administrator:	RAFAEL E RAMIREZ, CTR DIR
Parent system:	Department of Veterans Affairs
Selected accreditations/memberships:	Accredited, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO); Accreditated, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF); ; Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

Key services: General medical and surgical care General intensive care Cardiac intensive care Neurology department Physical rehabilitation Orthopedics department

Inpatient: Elderly/disabled:(Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care) End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care) Infection isolation room Oncology services Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)

Outpatient Elderly/disabled:(Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care) End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care) Infection isolation room Oncology services Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)

Patient/family support services: Assistance with government services Chaplaincy/pastoral care services Oncology services Patient support groups Patient representative/ombusdman Transportation for elderly/handicapped

Community outreach: Health screenings

Imaging services (diagnostic and therapeutic) CT scanner Diagnostic radioisotope facility Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT) Single photon emission computerized tomography (SpedCT) Ultrasound

Admissions:	9,618
Inpatient surgeries:	1,013
Outpatient visits:	835,476
Outpatient surgeries:	4,269
Emergency room visits:	33,165
Births:	0
Number of beds:	479

Full-time registered nurses:	588
Part-time registered nurses:	3
Full-time licensed practical nurses:	220
Part-time licensed practical nurses:	0
Total full-time faculty personnel:	2,905
Total part-time faculty personnel:	130

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