Program to address newborn addiction

HUNTINGTON — A $50,000 grant awarded Wednesday will help fight the most common high-risk problem found among pregnant women — opiate addiction.

The money was presented to officials of University Physicians and Surgeons Inc. and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine by Carelink Health Plans Inc. The money will assist in start-up costs for a new maternal addiction and recovery clinic.

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Toril Lavender/ For The Herald-Dispatch

David Jude, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, talks about a $50,000 grant awarded by Carelink Health Plans, Inc. to University Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Marshall University to assist with start-p costs for new Maternal Addiction and Recovery Clinic on Wednesday January 11, 2012.

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David Jude, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, talks about a $50,000 grant awrded by Carelink Health Plans, Inc. to University Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Marshall University to assist with startup costs for new Maternal Addiction and Recovery Clinic at Cabell Huntington Hospital Board Room on Wednesday January 11, 2012.

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John Muraca, president of Coventry Health Care and Carelink Health Plans, speaks during the awarding of a $50,000 grant to University Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Marshall University to assist with startup costs for new Maternal Addiction and Recovery Clinic at Cabell Huntington Hospital Board Room on Wednesday January 11, 2012.

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Perinatologist Ryan Stone, M.D., standing, works with residents and medical students at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. Carelink Health Plans, Inc. awarded a $50,000 grant to University Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Marshall University to assist with startup costs for new Maternal Addiction and Recovery Clinic on Wednesday January 11, 2012.

Toril Lavender/ For The Herald-Dispatch

Carelink Health Plans, Inc. awarded a $50,000 grant to University Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Marshall University to assist with start-up costs for new Maternal Addiction and Recovery Clinic at Cabell Huntington Hospital Board Room on Wednesday January 11, 2012. Pictures from left, David Jude, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University; Perinatologist David Chaffin, M.D., John Muraca, president of Coventry Health Care and Carelink Health Plans; and Perinatologist Ryan Stone, M.D.