Memphis VA Medical Center now has lodging for patients’ loved ones
Joseph Vaughn, executive director of the Memphis VA Health Care System, speaks durning a dedication ceremony for the new Fisher House at the Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. (Memphis) VA Medical Center Sept. 17. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The Memphis location is the 98th Fisher House built by The Fisher House Foundation, a nonprofit that builds the homes at military and VA medical centers around the world.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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