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Free Medical Clinic This Weekend in Wake Forest
Free Medical Clinic Friday & Saturday Richland Creek Church is having a free medical clinic. It is today and tomorrow (July 29 & 30) from 7:30 AM TO 3:30 PM. DOCTOR—DENTIST—CHIROPRACTOR—EYE DOCTOR Spread the word! There are many who are out of jobs and with no insurance that could richly benefit from this event. Richland Creek Church is located at 3229 Burlington Mills Rd. Wake Forest, NC 27587 Phone: 919-556-9292
VGCC Names New Nursing Director
A Vance-Granville Community College faculty member has been promoted to lead the college’s Nursing programs. Erica L. Jastrow recently became VGCC’s Director of Nursing after having been an instructor for the college’s Associate Degree Nursing program since August 2004. In addition to the ADN program, Jastrow will oversee the Practical Nursing program and the LPN to ADN Completion Program, a relatively new option which helps Licensed Practical Nurses return to school and prepare to become Registered Nurses. Jastrow lives in …
YMCA Healthy Kids Day
Visit the Henderson Family YMCA April 16th from 9am – noon for family Zumba time, line dancing, yoga time, and water safety demonstrations. Free snacks and t-shirts for children while they last! Join the Y for ONLY $25 (plus the first month with a 12 month minimum) during these hours ONLY!
Employee’s Right to Medical Privacy
There is a bill currently in evaluation at the North Carolina Legislature that if enacted, would allow your employer rights to certain medical records if you become disabled or filing for workers compensation. The employer would not need the employee’s permission to access the records. The text of the bill contains the following: an employer is entitled, without the express authorization of the employee, to obtain medical records of the employee and communicate with an employee’s health care providers if …
Operation Medicine Drop collects over 22,000 dosages
North Carolina were asked to clean out their medicine cabinets, and people in Henderson answered the call.