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Reporting by DigBoston and the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism helped stave off a serious violation of civil liberties — at least for now. Dan Atkinson reported on March 25 that "city officials are quietly looking to hire consultants to maintain a linked network of more than 1,000 video cameras across the Metro Boston area,…
View Comments ZANESVILLE - The staff of a new urgent care clinic opening Monday wants to make medical treatment an easy choice. "You don't have to call or go through or call center — you can just walk in the door," said Taylor Hannum, clinical manager of the new MVHC Urgent Care at 915 Putnam Ave. "By being here in this location and also making it an urgent care-type office, it took away a lot of barriers for people who wouldn't normally take the time to navigate the system." No appointments are necessary but it'll be operated as a primary care office, complete with Genesis HealthCare...
WHIZ News New Urgent Care to open in Zanesville MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio- Muskingum Valley Health Center is adding a new Urgent Care facility to the Zanesville area. Urgent Care will be opened on May 24. There are three other urgent care facilities in Morgan, Guernsey and Coshocton Counties. MVHC CEO Dan Atkinson said this new location will provide access to those in the underserved area. “We looked at the number of patients and the population in this region and realized adding this access point between our Adair office and the location we have on Pinkerton Lane would be extremely valuable,...
COVID-19: Vaccines offered to Ridgewood high school students Jennifer L. Manfrin WEST LAFAYETTE - With the assistance of the Muskingum Valley Health Center, Ridgewood High School offered students the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19 without leaving the campus. A clinic was held at the high school on Thursday for students age 16 and older. School nurse Barb Bond coordinated the event with staff from MVHC to give students their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Vaccinators were on hand to answer questions, address concerns and help students with the vaccination process from filli...
Buildings within about a block of the area were evacuated as a precaution, he said. Central Middle School, just down the street from the leak, was not affected, Atkinson said. FortisBC crews arrived around 1:30 p.m. and were trying to determine how to bring the leak under control, said Jas Baweja, corporate communications specialist for the company. Seven customers were without natural gas as a result of the leak. Abstract Developments said in a statement its construction site was closed and WorkSafeBC had been contacted. No one was injured by the leak, the company said. The area was clo...