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Last updated: January 19, 2012 10:55 a.m.

South Bend to expand VA clinic

Associated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – South Bend plans to spend $3.3 million to buy a closed auto dealer’s lot and turn the site’s buildings until the temporary home of an expanded Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic.

Marion-based Ambulatory Care Services President John Earnest said nearly 100 people will work at the new clinic, and more than 50,000 patients will visit it annually.

He said the goal is to provide more services so South Bend-area veterans don’t have to drive to Fort Wayne or Marion for care.

The renovated buildings will be used until a permanent clinic is ready in 2015. The South Bend Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/yULeTM ) that the new temporary clinic will open in March and have more than twice the space and staff of the current clinic.

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