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After Helene, clinician teams brought critical care to isolated WNC communities

NC Health News

By Jaymie Baxley After the remnants of Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on western North Carolina’s health care infrastructure, the N.C. Office of Emergency Medical Services deployed nine multidisciplinary teams of clinicians to waterlogged communities where residents were cut off from providers. Roy Cooper. “We

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Meeting patients where they are: Mobile medicine in rural NC

NC Health News

This scenario recently played out in western North Carolina, where Hurricane Helene left many rural health care facilities inoperable. But ahead of future disasters, more help may be on the way. The goal: deliver hospital-level care and advanced diagnostics to communities across the country, according to the release.