The Obstetrics and Gynecology Department will relocate from its current treatment spaces in the medical center's original building, which opened in 1830, to a comprehensive in-hospital birthing center. In addition to birthing rooms, the Labor and Delivery suite also contains four critical care labor rooms as well as four delivery rooms that resemble the design and layout of an operating room. The new nursery will include 30 newborn beds as well as special treatment beds for babies who require care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The Charette Health Care Center was named after Master Chief Hospital Corpsman William Charette, who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for service during the Korean War. The staff of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth is eager to continue providing quality health care in the most modern facility in the Navy and the entire Hampton Roads area.
Family members can still receive dental care in overseas dental treatment facilities.
However, this care is subject to the availability of space and facilities, and the capabilities of the dental staff. The government will pay any difference between the provider's billed charge and United Concordia's allowance. Once an enrollee's annual or lifetime maximum benefit has been exceeded, he or she will be responsible for the entire cost of any additional services received. Enrolled persons outside the continental U.S. should contact their appropriate overseas uniformed services lead agent, or servicing overseas dental treatment facility, before seeking dental care. Depending on the treatment an enrolled family member needs, and where it is received, the overseas dental treatment facilities and overseas uniformed services lead agents will provide assistance when a referral is necessary.