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RAM serves 1,349 patients, MOM 953 at Wise County event
By Stephen Igo Kingsport Times News WISE — The recent Missions of Mercy (MOM) free dental clinic in Wise provided more than $1.3 million worth of care to 953 patients, the Virginia Dental Association Foundation has reported. Held in conjunction with the 19th annual Remote Area Medical (RAM) Health Expedition
Health Wagon gets ARC money for building clinic in Clintwood
By Jenay Tate Dickenson Star Ninth District Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) Tuesday applauded a decision by the Appalachian Regional Commission to award a $500,000 grant to the Health Wagon for construction of a health clinic in Clintwood. Griffith said the ARC made the announcement Tuesday. “Today’s announcement means that more
$500K federal grant coming to Clintwood for health clinic
By WCYB wcyb.com CLINTWOOD, Va. — The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) approved a $500,000 grant to be given to the Health Wagon for the construction of a health clinic in Clintwood, U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) announced Tuesday.Plans for the clinic include spaces for medical, dental, vision care, x-ray, telehealth, pharmacy,
Heart Health 1,2,3 Toolkit
March 12, 2018 The Health Wagon continues to provide compassionate, quality health care to the medically underserved people in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. The Health Wagon is the only free clinic available to patients in our six-county service area (Lee, Scott, Wise, Dickenson, Buchanan and Russell Counties). As we
RAM, M.O.M. still a team
By Stephen Igo Kingsport Times News WISE — The 19th annual Remote Area Medical (RAM) Health Expedition got rolling Friday in its typical bust the fairgrounds’ gates open at the break of dawn fashion, and its former partner — the Virginia Dental Association Foundation’s Missions of Mercy (M.O.M.) — was
An Interview with Ron Carson The Silent Epidemic
In the foothills of Appalachia there is a silent epidemic that is growing more and more every day, it is Black Lung Disease. During the 1970’s Black Lung disease was very prevalent. Since then the numbers have been up and down, until recently has there been an up-tick in the
Dr. Teresa Gardner of the Health Wagon is awarded the Daily Point of Light Award from George H.W. Bush
Wise, Va-. Dr. Teresa Owens Gardner, executive director and nurse practitioner with the Health Wagon, received the Daily Point of Light Award from President George H. W. Bush in May. President Bush created the “Daily Point of Light Award” in 1989 to recognize ordinary Americans from all walks of life
Mobile Free Clinic Brings Health Care to US’s Most Underserved Areas
It’s 5:30 a.m. on a summer morning, and in the pre-dawn darkness a man, carved walking stick in hand, knapsack on his back, arrives at the Wise County, Va., fairgrounds. Robert Ellis has walked 15 miles, through the night, to get here. But he isn’t here for a summertime fair.
Disparities in Appalachian Health Care
The health care delivery systems in rural and impoverished Southwest Virginia meets certain and difficult challenges. The unmet health care needs of individuals in these “Coal Counties” of Southwest Virginia are chronic and severe. Poor health indicators, geographic isolation, unemployment, illiteracy, lack of transportation and communication resources, and a proud
