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Hospital to receive funds for its education center
HUNTINGTON -- St. Mary's Medical Center will receive $426,045 to assist with improvements to its Center for Education.
The funding will be used in the relocation and expansion of the center, which includes the St. Mary's School of Nursing, the St. Mary's School of Radiography and the St. Mary's School of Respiratory Care.
St. Mary's Medical Center Foundation schools are fully accredited and are affiliated with Marshall University. The Foundation has also partnered with the Rahall Transportation Institute to educate area children and their families about transportation-related safety through the Transportation Injury Prevention and Safety (TIPS) program.
U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall recently announced the award from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The funding was requested and secured by Rahall last year in the 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill.
"This project will be vital in addressing the shortage of nurses and other healthcare professionals in southern West Virginia over the next few decades. Congressman Rahall realizes what this project means to our state, and his efforts have been key in making this project happen," said Michael G. Sellards, president of St. Mary's Medical Center.
