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State-run hospital named for ex-W.Va. lawmaker
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A state-run hospital in Beckley has been renamed in honor of a former Raleigh County lawmaker.
Pinecrest Hospital was christened as Jackie Withrow Hospital at a ceremony Wednesday.
The 91-year-old Withrow served in the House of Delegates from 1961 to 1978.
Raleigh County Delegate Bill Wooton says Withrow pushed for reforms in all public institutions and was a voice for the state’s most fragile citizens.
Wooton says her accomplishments included work on getting compensation for coal miners suffering from black lung and a law mandating mental health retardation tests for all children.
