Dec 30, 2020
A shuttle pulls out of the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center on Tuesday afternoon. CATHY SPAULDING/Muskogee Phoenix
Muskogee s Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center will shift its focus to geriatric and mental health patients when a new veterans hospital is built in Tulsa.
On Sunday, President Trump signed a law approving $120 million toward the Tulsa hospital, to be built by 2024. The new hospital will include inpatient medical, surgery and emergency care. Mark Morgan, director of the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System, said the expansion will enable the VA to repurpose Muskogee s VA hospital into a much needed community living and behavioral health center.