CLARKSBURG. W.Va. (WBOY) — In an effort to highlight services, expand services, and introduce new employees of the Women Veterans Clinic, the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center hosted an open house at its facility on Thursday.
The Women Veterans Clinic offers comprehensive healthcare, including primary care, gynecology, annual screenings for Pap smears and mammograms, and on-site ultrasounds. Women veterans are a growing population that also falls under the radar, according to the manager of the medical center's Women Veterans Program.
12 News spoke with Program Manager Sally Fazzini on why it's important to shine a light on women veteran health.
"Our women veterans are actually an underserved population. A lot of them choose not to seek health care because a lot of things that are goin