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Show VETERANS! here's your answers Q - What is the "tele care" I hear about at VA hospitals? A Specially trained volunteers vol-unteers keep in contact by telephone with old or disabled disabl-ed veterans living at home, alone. The calls provide companionship com-panionship and check on whether the veteran has fallen fal-len and broken a bone or whether his condition has Q -. I hear VA medics are getting ready to grow new arms and legs on amputees and regenerate hearts of people peo-ple who have had heart attacks. at-tacks. Does this bring regeneration regen-eration of the spinal cord any closer for paralyzed veterans? A - There is nothing any-where any-where near as far along as growing new arms or legs on humans, or regenerating their hearts or spinal cords. But VA does have some quite promising promis-ing research on regeneration of limbs and hearts of animals, ani-mals, which lends hope for future prograss in this field. Q .- How many former drug addicts and former alcoholics can VA hire by special appointments ap-pointments to help rehabilitate rehabili-tate patients of this kind? A VA has been authorized to hire 200 former drug addicts ad-dicts and former alcoholics under these special appointments. appoint-ments. The agency also hires veterans who are ex-addicts for other Jobs. |