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News Release
For Immediate Release
Contact: Lynne Zultanky
Marketing Manager, Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center
(757) 398-2594

RICHMOND, Va. (January 20, 2006) Portsmouth, Virginia now has a new option to serve the large number of uninsured adults who lack access to primary care, thanks in part to a $76,050 grant from the Virginia Health Care Foundation. The Maryview Foundation Healthcare Center provides free care to uninsured residents of Portsmouth. Although referrals will be accepted from area physicians, it is expected that many of the clinic’s new patients will be those who presently use Bon Secours Maryview’s Emergency Department for non-urgent care.

In addition to full-time nurse practitioners and a part-time medical director, volunteer physicians will also provide care. Dr. Amy Price, the medical director, has high hopes for the new center. “We strive to provide the highest quality health care to these patients who have previously had to rely on the Emergency Department.” The clinic will be located adjacent to Bon Secours Maryview’s Emergency Department, and provides medical, pharmacy, and limited specialty services. This grant award is one of 11 health safety net grants to non-profit healthcare organizations totaling $950,067 recently announced by the Virginia Health Care Foundation. These grants will expand the ability of many uninsured and medically underserved Virginians to receive primary health care services.

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The Virginia Health Care Foundation is a non-profit public/private partnership dedicated to increasing access to primary care for uninsured and medically underserved Virginians, by strengthening and growing Virginia’s health care safety net. The Foundation was initiated in 1992 by the Virginia General Assembly and its Joint Commission on Health Care. To date, the Foundation has funded 232 community-based projects across the Commonwealth.

About Bon Secours:
Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System is a leading health care organization known for providing care for the whole person with grace and clinical distinction. Bon Secours brings together a network of hospitals, ambulatory care sites and rehabilitation and home care services to provide quality health care services to the residents of Hampton Roads. Bon Secours includes: Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, Mary Immaculate Hospital, Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View, Bon Secours Maryview Nursing Care Center and St. Francis Nursing Center.