With the opening of the Charette Health Center in March 1999,
Portsmouth Naval Medical Center became the largest naval medical facility in the
world. The completion of the move into the new facility should be
complete in April 1999. This new facility will nearly double the
capacity of the Portsmouth Naval Medical Center.
Portsmouth Naval Medical
Center provides a comprehensive range of emergency, outpatient and inpatient
health care services to active duty Navy and Marine Corps personnel, their
families and the many retired military members in the Hampton Roads
area. Portsmouth Naval Medical Center has the only military emergency
room on the southside of Hampton Roads.
Medical clinics, spread
throughout Hampton Roads serve all Navy and Marine Corps
installations. Personnel should visit the health care facility
nearest them to obtain information on the availability of services. Those
clinics are Oceana Branch Medical Clinic (NAS Oceana), Admiral Joel T. Boone
Clinic (NAB Little Creek), Sewells Point Branch Medical Clinic (Norfolk Naval
Base), a branch clinic at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, a branch clinic at Yorktown
Naval Weapons Stations and two NAVCARE Clinics: NAVCARE 4 (Virginia
Beach) and NAVCARE 3 (Norfolk).
The Branch Medical Clinic at NAS Oceana
provides primary health care to the Active Duty personnel assigned to NAS Oceana
and its tenant commands, family members of active duty personnel, retired
military personnel and their family members, and Civil Service employees
requiring care associated with occupational health issues.
Newly
reporting Active Duty members must check into Medical Records for a medical
record screening and (CHCS) Composite Health Care System computer
entry.
All appoints are made through the TRICARE central phone
number(866) 465-4584.