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New Hanover County shifts to walk-in clinics to keep COVID vaccinations going
NHC Health Department now offers walk-up vaccinations By Ann McAdams | April 26, 2021 at 8:01 PM EDT - Updated April 26 at 8:12 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - At one point during the pandemic, New Hanover County’s Health Department vaccinated nearly 1500 people a day for COVID-19. The demand has dropped considerably in recent weeks, so health officials are shifting to a new strategy to get people in the door.
They’ve stopped requiring appointments, and are setting up in convenient locations with lots of foot traffic, hoping to make it really easy for people to get vaccinated. Thanks to that shift, they are still helping hundreds of people a day get vaccinated against the virus. That doesn’t include people getting vaccinated locally at private locations like Wilmington Health and Walgreens.
Prodigal Recovery provides road to redemption for addicts in Wilmington
Recovery program provides road to redemption for addicts By Zach Solon | April 23, 2021 at 9:48 PM EDT - Updated April 23 at 11:49 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - After watching his son battle drug addiction and eventually recover, Mark Marcley decided to give other addicts an opportunity to do the same.
Together with his son, the two created Prodigal Recovery of NC, a halfway house in Wilmington for recovering addicts. Since 2017, they have been operating out of one, 12-bed location in the city.
“It came about as a result of addiction with one of my sons, which started probably about 10 or more years ago,” said Marcley. “And after a number of years of active addiction and some very difficult times, he finally admitted that he needed help.”
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