Officials prepare for UHC hearing
A state Health Care Authority conference on the proposed 265 million replacement hospital for Clarksburg’s United Hospital Center starts Monday, a week ahead of a three day hearing. UHC and West Virginia United Health Systems have spent about 3.8 million to buy 125 acres near the FBI center POCA.
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Bridgeport
Clarksburg
UHC
West
Eastern counties win big in budget digest
Charleston AP reports the Eastern Panhandle counties Hampshire Hardy Grant Mineral and Pendleton together secure more than 4.8 million in the latest budget digest, with Pendleton and Hardy among the top per capita beneficiaries. Pendleton leads at about 147.55 per person while Kanawha County nets about 5.38 per resident.
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Panhandle
Hampshire
Hardy
Grant
Mineral
Pendleton
Pendleton County
Hardy County
Kanawha
Walt Helmick
Harold Michael
Helmick
Michael
Associated Press
House Senate
Moorefield
Grant County
Peterstown
House
Senate
Osher Craige
D-Putnam
Craige
Putnam County
Pocahontas
Health care officials urge reopening of local psychiatric unit
Parkersburg health care workers urge reopening of the adult psychiatric unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital which closed in January due to physician coverage gaps. The geriatric unit Generations remains open. Community access and transport challenges drive support for a local solution with the state certificate of need guiding plans.
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Parkersburg
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Jill Parsons
Cheryl Holdren
St. Joseph’s
Marietta Memorial Hospital
West Virginia
Charleston
Morgantown
Tracy
Mario Schwabe
Worthington Center
Holdren
Program helps learning disabled doctoral candidates at Marshall
Kellie Tyndall’s biology degree led her to Marshall University’s Medical H.E.L.P program for learning disabilities. Medical H.E.L.P stands for Higher Education for Learning Problems and is the nation’s only program of its kind to aid medical students with reading, studying, note taking, and test taking. The five week sessions occur three times per year, with the next starting June 16, and aim to educate the public about learning disabilities and show that high IQ individuals can become successful physicians with appropriate support.
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Kellie Tyndall
Tyndall
Voorhees College
Denmark
S.C
Marshall University
Joan C. Edwards
Medical H.E.L.P
United States
Sally Shaywitz
Yale
Renea Bostic
Bostic
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