From the West Alabama Newsroom– Whitfield Regional Hospital in Demopolis has expanded its job shadowing program for college students to include the summer. The inaugural Summer Shadowing program was held at the hospital this week. Students from the University of Alabama got to shadow healthcare professionals at the hospital — while also learning about — and living in the Demopolis…
Dozens of people showed up to learn about resources in the River Region which included financial planning, insurance benefits, and more.
The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce has hosted a “State of Health” event to discuss the status of healthcare in our area.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A new no cost healthcare option is available for people — who live in rural areas of the state with limited access to healthcare. An OnMed CareStation — is like a medical clinic in a box. And there’s now one up and running — at the Tracey Shaw Community Center in the Catherine community of…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– State lawmakers approved one of Governor Kay Ivey’s top priorities last week. And now the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences — is on the way to Demopolis. The governor proposed the idea for the school last year. Whitfield Regional Hospital will teach — train — and provide experience — for students who attend the Alabama…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A shadowing program at Whitfield Regional Medical Center in Demopolis — is using small-town rural healthcare — to train some of the country’s future doctors. The Whit Shadowing Program provides University of Alabama pre-med students — with an up close look at healthcare — in an hospital environment small enough to see how a complicated…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Governor Kay Ivey calls on lawmakers to approve funding for the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences in Demopolis. Ivey told legislators that the healthcare high school project was one of her top priorities. And she urged lawmakers to make it a reality. She also announced that the results of the feasibility study the legislature requested…
From West Alabama Newsroom– A multi-million dollar gift — may have brought the new healthcare high school proposed by Governor Kay Ivey — a step closer to becoming reality. “The Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences Foundation has received a pledge of $26.4 million dollars from Bloomberg Philanthropy,” said Rob Pearson, founding chair of the ASHS Foundation. “You know Alabama has…
Gov. Kay Ivey proposed establishing the healthcare high school in Demopolis during her State of the State Address.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– There’s a shortage of doctors in rural communities across the country. And that means those areas — lack adequate of healthcare services. But there’s a program in Selma — working to address the health needs of people in west Alabama. The Rural Health Medical Program provides medical and dental service — for people in six…
