President Bush has given final approval to rename the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta after the late Charlie Norwood. The bill to rename the VA hospital was sponsored by Georgia’s congressional delegation.
The late Augusta Representative died in February at the age of 65, after a battle with lung disease and cancer. Norwood is a former combat dentist who settled in Augusta after returning from the Vietnam War.
Georgia has three VA hospitals--in Augusta, Dublin and outside Atlanta. The Dublin facility has also been renamed, for former Representative Carl Vinson of Milledgeville. Renamings of VA hospitals are somewhat rare. Of 155 medical centers across the nation, about 30 are named for people.
The late Augusta Representative died in February at the age of 65, after a battle with lung disease and cancer. Norwood is a former combat dentist who settled in Augusta after returning from the Vietnam War.
Georgia has three VA hospitals--in Augusta, Dublin and outside Atlanta. The Dublin facility has also been renamed, for former Representative Carl Vinson of Milledgeville. Renamings of VA hospitals are somewhat rare. Of 155 medical centers across the nation, about 30 are named for people.
