Reid Health and a prevention grant from the Indiana State Department of Health fund the program. Stinson said no county money is used.
The syringe program maintains regular hours of noon-2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the health department, 100 S. Fifth St. It also has utilized the department s new mobile unit 3-5 p.m. Tuesdays at the Phillips Drugs location at 1390 National Road W. and 3-5 p.m. Thursdays at the Phillips Drugs at 1626 E. Main St.
The number of used needles the program collects exceeds the number of clean needles it distributes, Stinson said, but the program extends beyond the simple exchange of needles. Wound care supplies, naloxone and now COVID-19 vaccinations are also available, as are referrals to food and housing resources and to treatment programs.
by: Reed Parker, Inside INdiana Business
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May 25, 2021 / 10:46 AM EST
WINCHESTER, Ind. (Inside INdiana Business) Richmond-based Reid Health has broken ground on a new facility to expand its presence in Winchester. The health system says it is investing nearly $8 million to build the new Reid Health Primary & Specialty Care building in the Randolph County city.
The more than 17,000-square-foot building will house the primary care practices of Daniel Wegg and space for specialties in Orthopedics, Ear, Nose and Throat, Audiology, Cardiology and more.
“Having those kinds of resources within our grasp within our own building will be just amazing for our patients,” Dr. Wegg said. “Our other facilities in Randolph County are dated, so they don’t necessarily satisfy all the modern medical needs that we have.”