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Mercy Health Center Recieves Funding from the Athens Area Cancer Auxiliary

May 15, 2009 by Tracy Thompson

The Athens Area Cancer Auxiliary awarded Mercy Health Center with a $1000 grant to cover the cost of cessation drugs and products for the patients who are the working poor as part of smoking cessation classes are held quarterly at Mercy in conjunction with ARMC for Mercy patients. While ARMC cove...

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Health Center Thanks St. Mary's

May 1, 2009 by Tracy Thompson

Mercy Health Center would like to take the opportunity to say thanks to St. Mary’s Hospital for allowing us to take “Mercy on the Road.” On April 18, we were able to take the St. Mary’s Health Express Bus to the J&J Flea Market. More than 60 patients had their blood pr...

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Mercy Health Center Receives Grant from Kaiser Permanente

May 1, 2009 by Tracy Thompson

Kaiser Permanente announced in December 2008 that Mercy Health Center was awarded a $50,000 grant to hire their first full-time medical provider – a nurse practitioner. This will be Mercy Health Center’s first full-time medical provider. This grant will allow us to give more in-depth ...

Georgia Health Foundation Chooses Mercy

May 1, 2009 by Tracy Thompson

Georgia Health Foundation announced in November 2008 that Mercy Health Center was awarded a $25,000 grant to aid in hiring a nurse practitioner. The Georgia Health Foundation was created in 1985 through the conversion of the Georgia Medical Plan, Georgia’’s first nonprofit health main...

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Mercy Health, Interfaith Hospitality Network receive Jackson EMC grants

Jan 14, 2009 by Online Athens

Mercy Health Center in Athens, a volunteer-based nonprofit that provides no-cost medical, pharmaceutical and dental care, has been awarded an $8,400 grant by the Jackson EMC Foundation to develop a volunteer command center and training program. Above left, Mercy Health director Paul Buczynsky and...

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