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Cape Coral council backs push for full-service VA hospital and veterans campus

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Cape Coral City Council voted Oct. 21 on a resolution supporting expansion of the city's outpatient VA clinic into a full-service veterans hospital, with a campus offering independent living, assisted living, nursing and memory care. The measure also lets city staff seek funding help from the Legislature and other partners. Veterans say many now make a two-hour trip to the Tampa Bay area for specialized or inpatient care, and a grassroots committee plans to ask the five Southwest Florida counties for similar resolutions.

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