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Lebanon VAMC named top VA facility in the nation
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Lebanon VA Medical Center (Lebanon VAMC) has announced that it was once again named the top VA Medical Center in the United States for patient experience. Lebanon VAMC officials will receive the award during the VA’s annual Customer Experience Symposium from Monday to Wednesday, Sept. 16 to 18, in Washington, D.C. Sasha Coburn (third from right) with the rest of the Coburn family T h e L e b a n o n VA M C achieved the highest overall combined patient experience and employe e ex p er ience scores of all complexity level 1 facilities in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). This is the fourth consecutive year the local veterans health care system has received the his country.” had a service of life for him, and showed him love. He found Jesus national honor for patient and “He was ver y good for our we had so much support from the here, and it made him a stronger employee satisfaction. The family,” continued Patricia. “We community.” person. He would’ve been there facility moved from level 2 to all grew from it. We miss him so The Coburns initially met fighting, regardless.” level 1 this past year. much, but we know he is with S a s h a t h r o u g h a s t u d e n t “ We adopted him because The facility scored in the Jesus.” exchange program. Following a we love Jesus first,” said Brian top quintile in the Survey of A sergeant in the Ukrainian lengthy international process, Coburn, Sasha’s adoptive father. Healthcare Providers (SHEP) army, Sasha Coburn was killed the Coburns had adopted Sasha, “He was a gentle giant. He was overall rating of the provider, in battle on Sept. 30, 2023, then a 16-year-old Ukrainian strong like a bull. But he was SHEP inpatient overall rating during his native countr y ’s orphan, on June 15, 2016. With just the kindest spirit, and there of the hospital, trust scores as ongoing war with Russia. While five biological children of their was a fire in there too. He had a measured through the Veterdetails are few, Sasha is believed own, the Coburns made Sasha rough life. He loved the people in ans Signals (VSignals) survey to have been in a ditch with their sixth and eldest. It took his country. That’s what he went platform, and the All-Employee other Ukrainian soldiers when some time for Sasha and the back for. That was his home. Survey (AES) scores for the he perished. Coburns to become accustomed Everybody loved him there. He Best Places to Work. The vetHis body, believed to be in now to each other, but once they was loved there, and he was loved eran trust score is a record high occupied Russian territory, has did, Sasha was homeschooled here.” level. never been recovered. and became involved in sports “Ukrainians are just so loyal Lebanon VAMC CEO and “His biological brother sent at Palmyra High School before to their country,” said Patricia. executive director Jeffrey A. me a message on Facebook,” said graduating in 2019. “(Sasha) went back to his counBeiler 9th -war AUGUST 19thII said, “Whenever I’m Patricia. “My heart just sank. “We already had five kids. We try a couple ofAUGUST times. When asked, ‘What is different about There were so many questions. weren’t looking to adopt,” said broke out (in February of 2022), Lebanon?’ always• MICROWAVES say the & MOR DISHWASHERS • REFRIGERATORS • RANGESI• OVENS AUGUST AUGUST Obviously, we were devastated. Patricia. “We felt the Lord telling he said9th he -wasn’t going19th to come staff working at our medical All the kids came home, and we us to adopt Sasha. He was loved home. He was fighting for a cause • REFRIGERATORS • RANGES • OVENS MORE pg 4 $ • MICROWAVESSee&VAMC just sat and talked about him. We in a very significant way.DISHWASHERS We he believed in.”
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eople come in and out of our lives, seemingly randomly and without explanation. Some touch us in profound ways, and when those people exit, they leave behind an unfillable void, a deep sadness. But there is also a stark realization that we are better people for having known them. Sasha Coburn had that kind of effect on the Coburn family of Palmyra. The Coburns are both sad he is gone and grateful that he was a part of their lives. “We’re just strong believers,” said Patricia Coburn, Sasha’s adoptive mother and the matriarch of the Coburn family. “He got the love of a family, which he never would’ve had. We took him and we loved him and we let him go. We gave him back to
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