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theHandpuppet

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8. Free health care outreach clinic held in Lee County, VA
Thu Sep 18, 2014, 07:56 PM
Sep 2014

Kudos to the hundreds of volunteers who are making this possible!


Free health care outreach clinic held in Lee County, VA
Sept. 13, 2014
By Jordan Moore, Reporter / Digital Journalist

LEE COUNTY, VA (WJHL) - In Lee County, Virginia residents have been without a Regional Medical Center for almost a year. While an effort backed by a petition is underway to re-open a facility, many in the rural area are still without care...

This weekend hundreds of volunteers worked to change that, even if it only meant for a few days...

..."We really try to have a major emphasis on what's going on here in Appalachia, and the fact that so many people are desperate for the kind of care we deliver," said Brock.

People could get everything from a routine dental cleaning, to getting their eyes checked....

MORE at http://www.wjhl.com/story/26525749/free-health-care-outreach-clinic-held-in-lee-county-va



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