PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) – Coplin Well being Methods is placing in a brand new Well being and Wellness Middle at Parkersburg highschool.
One thing that officers with the group say they’re excited to offer to the general public.
“Faculties are the hub of the neighborhood,” says Coplin Well being Methods chief operations officer, Carrie Pennybacker. “And each time we open a school-based clinic locally, it’s extra individuals which might be reached and obtain high quality healthcare.”
This facility shall be inexpensive for these with and with out medical insurance.
“A part of our mission is to serve the uninsured and below insured,” says chief government officer, Rob Dudley. “And so, now we have a sliding charge program that’s out there to those that might not have earnings ranges sufficient to afford high quality healthcare. So, we provide high quality healthcare at a reduced price.”
The Well being and Wellness middle is designed to supply individuals within the Parkersburg highschool space with main care. Akin to persistent illness administration and acute care.
It will embrace physicals, vaccinations, COVID-19 exams, and rather more.
Officers say that the middle will serve lots of people in want.
“We wished to ensure that this neighborhood particularly had alternative to have entry close to to house,” says senior challenge supervisor, Sarah Barton. “So, we’re really inside a two-mile strolling space of a really high-need inhabitants.”
The Well being and Wellness Middle price $150 thousand to place collectively.
The teams that gave funds for the middle embrace the McDonough Basis, Sisters Well being Basis, Sisters of St. Joseph’s Basis, and Parkersburg Space Neighborhood Basis.
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