By Katelyn Aluise, The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Department of Veterans Affairs announced last month it dismissed more than 1,000 employees nationwide.
According to a statement released by the VA, the move allowed it to “redirect over $98 million annually to health care, benefits and services for VA beneficiaries.”
John Ingersoll, executive assistant to the medical center director at the Hershel “Woody” Williams VA Medical Center in Huntington, said in an email that the center dismissed a “small number of probationary staff.”
“This decision will have no negative effect on Veteran health care, benefits, or other services and will allow VA to focus more effectively on its core mission of serving Veterans, families, caregivers, and survivors. We cannot discuss specific personnel matters due to privacy concerns,” he wrote.
