Anchorage hospital for service members named for Chris Kyle

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FILE In this April 6, 2012, photo, former Navy SEAL and author of the book “American Sniper” poses in Midlothian, Texas. Former Navy SEAL and Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, who won $1.8 million in a defamation lawsuit last year against the estate of the late Chris Kyle, says he won’t see the film partly because Kyle is no hero to him. He tells The Associated Press a hero must be honorable, and there’ no honor in lying. Lyle claimed in his “American Sniper” book that he punched out a man, whom he later identified as Ventura, at a California bar in 2006 for allegedly saying the SEALs “deserve to lose a few” in Iraq. Ventura said it never happened. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Paul Moseley, File)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A new Anchorage hospital for veterans and active duty military in need of mental health care has been dedicated to the late Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL who inspired the movie “American Sniper.”

The Alaska Dispatch News reports that the 36-bed Chris Kyle Patriots Hospital was dedicated Tuesday. It is part of North Star Behavioral Health System, a subsidiary of Universal Health Service, which is based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

According to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs statistics from 2014, almost 73.400 veterans live in Alaska.

Director of Alaska’s Office of Veterans Affairs Verdie Bowen says roughly 27,000 military personnel live in the state.

North Star CEO Andrew Mayo says he hopes the Chris Kyle Patriots Hospital will help those military personnel living in Alaska get the services they need.

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