Commissioners fund mobile dental unit
The Wilson Area School Health Dental Program is a joint venture between the
The school system will designate a room for the services. Commissioners appropriated roughly
Commissioner Chair
"We would like to start as soon as we can hire a dentist," she said. Ellen said she's already reached out to the state's office of rural health and will be contacting dental schools at
Ellen expects to earn around
The program aims to target children who have Medicaid or are uninsured and do not have a dental home. Last month, commissioners and the board of education voted unanimously in support for the program. Commissioners are using funds from the sale of the county's home health to be used for the program.
Dental decay is one of the most common childhood diseases. Only 52% of Medicaid-eligible children in
Commissioners also unanimously approved the decision to build an additional emergency medical facility in
Last month, the county's EMS committee recommended that the county pursue new construction for the
While the specific location in
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