The VA adds Rochester-Finger Lakes Outpatient Surgery Center to budget — 3 highlights

New York Senator Charles Schumer has secured funding from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for construction on a VA outpatient surgery facility in Rochester, according to Rochester First.

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Here are three highlights:

1. Rochester is home to nearly 69,000 veterans, but only Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany provide ambulatory outpatient surgery services.

2. The new clinic would be nearly double the size of the current one, at around 840,000 square feet.

3. The funding plans for the new center will be included in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 2017 budget.

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