VA Clinic Takes Step Toward Opening In Lorain

LORAIN, OH — A new Veterans Affair outpatient clinic will likely come to Lorain in 2019. The city council voted to rezone a 9.7 acre plot of land to pave the way for the new facility. The outpatient clinic would be located Kolbe and West Erie.

The clinic left the former St. Joseph's hospital and went to a temporary home in Sheffield Lake in 2016. At that time, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, who serves the Lorain area, vowed to get the clinic back to Lorain.

“This has been a years-long effort to secure this clinic to better serve the thousands of veterans in Lorain and the surrounding area,” said Kaptur. The final announcement on the outpatient clinic's new clinic has not yet been made.

“We anticipate the selection of this particular site in Lorain to place the veterans outpatient clinic at the nexus of the area’s healthcare network. Adjacent to Mercy Health Center, Oak Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation, the community heliport, extended care facilities and hospice, the proposed location sets up the VA to develop a truly full service, campus-like facility that meets the needs of our veterans into the future,” Kaptur added.

The Lorain VA Clinic is one of 13 community-based outpatient clinics operated by the Northeast Ohio VA Healthcare System, the Department of Veterans Affairs said in 2016.

“We owe a deep debt of gratitude to those who defended our nation and the cause of liberty. Improving access to the health care services they have earned is an essential part of keeping the promise we have made to our veterans,” Kaptur continued. “This is a major step in bringing to fruition the vision of our partnership to keep the VA in Lorain.”

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