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Marshall County Council backs second public-health nurse and interim support for new generator
Summary
Council members voted to support hiring a second full-time public health nurse (pending state approval and funding) and agreed to back an approximately $33,000 shortfall to allow the Marshall County Health Department to purchase and install a new generator for vaccine refrigeration and continuity of operations.
The Marshall County Council voted to support the health department's request for a second full-time public health nurse and offered interim financial backing to cover a shortfall on a new generator to serve the department's new building.
Lisa Letzinger, interim administrator for the Marshall County Health Department, told the council the department previously had two full-time public-health nurses and wants to restore that staffing level to run a small prenatal maternal-health program and provide a patient navigator role. "A couple of reasons is we've lost a lot of our OB care here in the county, and we'd like to take that second, full time nurse to act as a vital part of getting some services that the health department would provide…
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