Health Care Expansion
“ WVU Medicine has an overarching goal of providing quality care close to home ,” says Phillip Carl , director of communications and marketing for Wheeling and Reynolds Memorial hospitals . “ Having localized branches of WVU Medicine institutes allows our local communities to have access to high-quality care without having to drive hours to receive it . A cancer patient in Marshall County , for example , can stay local for their treatment , or a patient requiring a knee replacement in Wheeling doesn ’ t have to travel far for follow-up appointments or physical therapy . We can provide tremendous care while alleviating the stress and burden of travel .”
One way that WVU Medicine is achieving this localization in the Northern Panhandle is through the creation of WVU Medicine Children ’ s Northern Region Outpatient Center .
“ Located across from Wheeling Hospital , this center will have street-level access and its own parking ,” says Jessica Rine , associate vice president of foundation and community relations for Wheeling and Reynolds Memorial hospitals . “ It will also provide separate well and sick entrances to avoid spreading contamination ; specialty clinics , such as nutrition and behavior health ; and an after-hours pediatric clinic where sick and injured kids can be seen by our caring pediatricians .”
The after-hours clinic will also be beneficial for well visits as parents don ’ t always have the availability to leave work to take their children to appointments .
“ These well visits are important because they are where a
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Williams Lea ribbon cutting . Photo by City of Wheeling .
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