Secretary of Health visits Clinic

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July 21, 2021

Virginia’s Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Daniel Carey, MD, visited the Clinic June 15 to hear about the Clinic’s response to Covid-19 during 2020 and its vaccination program at the start of 2021, when vaccines became available.

Sec. Carey recognized the Clinic’s involvement early on with the Virginia Department of Health to organize, manage, and run community vaccine clinics. He also listened to the challenges the Clinic faced in maintaining medical, dental, and pharmacy services during the Covid crisis.

Shown during a walk-through of the medical,. dental and pharmacy departments are Sec. Carey (center) and Clinic Medical Director Dr. Charles Maresh.