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SIDEZ Strategic Plan GOAL # 7
HEALTH CARE – Increased numbers of residents of the zone will have access to affordable health care and have more preventative health care services and activities available to them.
OBJECTIVE #1: Assess and address unmet health care needs in the Southernmost Illinois Delta Empowerment Zone.
Strategies
a. Establish a committee of health care providers to assess current programs and unmet health care
needs.
b. Support recommendations of Health Care Committee in conjunction with area service providers.
c. Conduct a feasibility study for a Regional Medical Emergency Center to include 24 hour Emergency Services, Rehabilitation, and a Heliport. Construct a Regional 24 hour Medical Emergency Center.
d. Construct a Critical Access Hospital Wing for Cairo Mega-Clinic, which will include a 12-14-bed facility for up to 96 hours of treatment.
e. Maintain and upgrade existing ambulance services.
f. Support the expansion of preventative health care services and activities.
g. Support expansion of animal control services.
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