Eastern Kentucky health clinic founder Eula Hall dead at 93 Share Updated: 4:31 PM EDT May 9, 2021 WLKY Digital Team
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 4:31 PM EDT May 9, 2021 WLKY Digital Team Eula Hall, who opened a clinic almost 50 years ago in Appalachia and never stopped trying to help others, has died. She was 93.Hall, of Craynor in Floyd County, Kentucky, died Saturday at her home, according to Hall Funeral Home in Martin.She founded the Mud Creek Clinic in 1973, bringing health care to a remote area, and continued working there until she died, news outlets reported. The clinic is now known as the Eula Hall Health Center and is operated by Big Sandy Health Care.“Eula Hall was one of Eastern Kentucky’s greatest saints, U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, longtime representative of the region, said in a statement. “No challenge was greater than her courage to change the circumstanc
2021/05/09 22:58 CRAYNOR, Ky. (AP) Eula Hall, who opened a clinic almost 50 years ago in Appalachia and never stopped trying to help others, has died. She was 93. Hall, of Craynor in Floyd County, Kentucky, died Saturday at her home, according to Hall Funeral Home in Martin. She founded the Mud Creek Clinic in 1973, bringing health care to a remote area and continued working there until she died, news outlets reported. The clinic is now known as the Eula Hall Health Center and is operated by Big Sandy Health Care. “Eula Hall was one of Eastern Kentucky’s greatest saints, U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, longtime representative of the region, said in a statement. “No challenge was greater than her courage to change the circumstances of healthcare in the mountains. Driven by her own experience with poverty, Eula dedicated her life to ensuring every person had access to medical care, regardless of their ability to pay for services or pre
She was a mother of the mountains.
For decades, Eula Hall cared for her people in Appalachian Kentucky, helping heal the sick and give voice to the vulnerable.
From the day nearly a half-century ago when she started her Mud Creek Clinic in Grethel until her death on Saturday at age 93, her mission was to improve health in Eastern Kentucky from the ground up. And that was no easy task in one of the most impoverished places in America, where people die of cancer, heart disease, addiction and other ailments at some of the nation s highest rates.
She was an Appalachian legend, described as a saint by a congressman recognizable by the halo of gray and white hair framing her face.
The Floyd County Courthouse will be closed tomorrow
Big Sandy Health Care will be on a 2 hour delay tomorrow, for all clinics. They will be opening up at 10am.
We will update this list as more information becomes available.
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