The VA hospital in Lake Nona cost some $620 million to get off the ground, spreads on 1.2 million square feet and is starting to become fully functional.

The building, which is adjacent to Lake Baldwin’s outpatient clinic, closed two years ago when the new 60-bed domiciliary at Lake Nona Medical Center VA opened.

The secretary of Veterans Affairs, Robert McDonald, visited the VA hospital at Lake Nona and Lake Baldwin Park Thursday, as a part of a national tour focused on overhauling the agency.

LAKE NONA, Fla. – Authorities are fighting a fire that ignited in a building at the Lake Nona VA Medical Center on Wednesday.

VA hospital in Lake Nona set to open Tuesday Department of Veteran Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald is among the dignitaries planning to be at the dedication of a new VA medical center in Orlando.

About 12 percent of veterans are women, and that number is about 20 percent in the Department of Defense, he said, adding that the Women’s Center in Lake Nona’s VA is a breakthrough.

— The Orlando VA Healthcare System announced it is holding a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on April 17. The clinic will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Orlando VA Medical Center, Lake Nona Campus.

Officer Jimmy Serrano-Torres III died from his injuries at the scene the Lake Nona area, the department said.

Channel 9 was there Thursday as Sen. Bill Nelson got a look at plans for a new Veterans Affairs medical training facility that will be built next to the VA hospital project at Lake Nona.