New VA clinic to open Monday

The new VA clinic in Iola opens Monday with a more formal grand opening celebration expected after Labor Day. The new office merges clinics from Fort Scott, Chanute and Garnett that serve about 856 area veterans.

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August 9, 2024 - 3:29 PM

The new Veterans Administration Clinic is located at 1408 East St. Photo by Vickie Moss / Iola Register

The new Veterans Administration Clinic at 1408 East St. opens Monday.

“We are very excited to be in this community,” Yolanda Quintero, Community-Based Outpatient Clinic Administrator for the VA, said. “It was our goal over a year ago to transition into this area. Having a population of veterans here, we wanted to be able to extend our services to them.”

The VA is encouraging veterans to make appointments and transfer to the Iola Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). The Iola clinic will merge three other clinics — in Fort Scott, Chanute and Garnett — that…

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