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Veterans Administration Montana hires surgeon to address backlog of veterans needing orthopedic surgery

An orthopedic surgeon is expected to join the Department of Veterans Affairs Montana Health Care System in November to ease the growing backlog of disabled, and oftentimes disgruntled, veterans awaiting hip and knee surgery.

The VA would not release the physician’s name, but The Billings Gazette has independently confirmed that Dr. Brooke Hunter, an orthopedic surgeon in Helena, is expected to begin working part time in November and December and move to full time in January 2012.

“Veterans across the state have been telling me at every stop how important it is to get an orthopedic surgeon to serve Fort Harrison,” Sen. Jon Tester http://tester.senate.gov/ said. “We pushed and pushed — and even brought the VA secretary here to see the need for himself. I’m pleased the VA’s moving forward because a whole lot of Montana veterans should not have to wait for quality orthopedic care.”

By CINDY UKEN Of The Gazette Staff

Full Story: http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/1d1aa7cb-d54c-5d41-bf11-4de40daaf188.html

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