More funding has come for a new, state-of-the-art medical clinic that’s developing in Boone County, WV, which will better serve the health needs for residents of Boone, Lincoln, Logan, and Kanawha counties.
Boone Memorial Hospital’s General Counsel and Chief External Affairs Officer Ray Harrell told WCHS that in addition to the $14.3 million investment from USDA Rural Development to get the new Boone Memorial wellness center off the ground, an additional $3 million is coming from the U.S Department of Health and Human Services.
This was announced by U.S Senator Shelley Moore Capito, a ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee who helped secure the funds. Harrell said as the project has been in the works for several years now, it’s just the additional funds they needed to further help make the new clinic a reality. Read more.