TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An emergency room at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Topeka might be reopening soon.

William Patterson, a regional Veterans Affairs director, told two Kansas members of Congress this week that the emergency room at Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center is expected to reopen by the end of this month. The emergency room was closed in January 2014 because of understaffing problems.

Jim Gleisberg, spokesman for the VA Eastern Kansas Healthcare System, said Colmery-O’Neil officials haven’t set an exact date for reopening but it’s getting close.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Sen. Jerry Moran and Rep. Lynn Jenkins will tour Colmery-O’Neil Tuesday to meet with director Rudy Klopfer, visit with patients and get an update on the emergency room.