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TexasTowelie

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Tue Aug 30, 2016, 10:18 AM Aug 2016

Vets picket VA hospital in Spokane over cuts to physical therapy program

Veterans in Spokane picketed the Mann-Grandstaff Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Monday over changes to a physical therapy program.

A group of aging vets gathered at Wellesley Avenue and Assembly Street asking motorists to sign a petition against the cuts.

At issue is a physical therapy program used by about 65 veterans. The “minimally supervised group” could use the VA’s physical therapy equipment without direct supervision from a therapist.

But up to 30 of those vets were using the program after their doctor’s referral to physical therapy had expired. A letter sent to the vets on Aug. 19 said all 65 would need a current medical referral to continue physical therapy at the VA.

Read more: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/aug/29/vets-picket-va-hospital-in-spokane-over-cuts-to-ph/

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