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Earlier today, Health Commissioner
Julia Sheen announced that the Department of Health is slated to receive $693,000 in funding earmarked for “Health Care and Other Facilities” by the U.S.
Congress.
“The new mobile units will go a long way in the Department’s initiative to bring healthcare back into the
community," Sheen said. "We look forward to government agencies and community organizations partnering with us to make access to preventative health care convenient and a regular undertaking for
residents.”
She added that the funding, granted through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will assist the Department in purchasing two mobile
units for use in health outreach activities.
One of the mobile unit will replace the Department’s aging HealthStop Van on St. Croix that has been used in community outreach activities such as the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening outreach held last August in William’s Delight. The HealthStop Van on St. Thomas has been out of service for over five years and the Department partnered with HOPE Inc. for use of its mobile unit to accommodate free health screenings for breast, prostate and cervical cancer during its health outreach in Estate Tutu earlier this month.
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