Missouri Veteran’s Commission Says Staff Shortage is Impeding Health Care
February 17, 2022 5:51AM CST
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(Missourinet) Missouri’s Veterans Commission Director Retired Colonel Paul Kirchhoff says personnel shortages are hitting veterans as they are impacting other state agencies.
He told a State House committee on Wednesday, that the state’s seven long-term care facilities operate a total of more than 12-hundred beds.
Right now, he says they can only care for the almost 670 veterans, as their beds are 54-percent filled.