Meeting patients where they are: Mobile medicine in rural NC

Meeting patients where they are: Mobile medicine in rural NC

By Will Atwater Rural residents often face significant barriers to accessing health care. Power outages, challenging travel and extreme weather events — such as hurricanes, heat waves and floods — only worsen the challenges posed by limited access to clinics and medical specialists. This scenario recently played out in western North Carolina, where Hurricane Helene left many rural health care facilities inoperable. In response, the state deploye…

Free checkups as rural health van setting up in Griffith again

Free MHERV health checks at Griffith Bunnings on May 19-20 to boost men's health.