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In 1918, Williamson Memorial Hospital opened in Williamson, West Virginia to provide health care services to the residents of rural Mingo County. ...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLyle Marcum can't drive to the doctor when he's feeling ill. He couldn't go to a downtown grocery store if there was one, which there isn't. But when he has a hankering for fresh watermelon, he takes his wheelchair across the railroad tracks to where the Williamson Health and Wellness Center operates a farmers market.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUrban hospitals and clinics have faced a run on equipment and supplies. Rural facilities have seen fewer COVID-19 cases, but took the same hit to their income and revenue. Just how healthy is our health care system and which institutions will survive to help redefine the future of medicine?
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Williamson Memorial Hospital in Mingo County is prepared to close on Tuesday, while a local health center finalizes plans to purchase the…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA local health center has plans to buy the Williamson Memorial Hospital in Mingo County after the hospital announced Monday plans to close at some point…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Williamson Health and Wellness Center will receive $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin announced the…
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