Health and housing drive for Appalachia’s crisis in West Virginia
A Princeton based coalition led by Dr Hale aims to tackle health housing and economic woes in southern West Virginia. The plan includes satellite health centers a medical helicopter and rail travel clinics to reach remote areas with 115 staff 300 volunteers and plans for 53 million in federal aid and 36 million for new projects this year. A heart screening program examined 15000 children in seven months detecting 12 serious defects while cervical cancer and diabetes clinics served hundreds. Construction will begin soon on a solid waste project and new health centers in multiple counties aided by a computer heart analysis link with Mt Sinai Hospital.