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Mid-Ohio Valley Health Dept. serves Calhoun, Pleasants,
Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and Wood counties, and has additional Women,
Infants and Children (WIC) offices in Jackson, Gilmer and Mason
counties.
The mission of the organization is “to do everything in
our power to protect the health of the communities . . .”
How does it achieve that mission? The answer can be
broken down into four broad areas: clinical, WIC; environmental; and
threat preparedness.
Clinical services in Calhoun includes immunizations
(administrative fee) for children, adolescents and adults (limited); STD (no charge) testing and treatment; Tuberculosis
(administrative fee or no charge) testing, medication, X-ray, and doctor
visit follow-up; HIV (no charge) testing and treatment; Pregnancy
testing (nurse visit fee) urine test; lab testing (fee) blood and urine
- need doctor’s prescription;
Epidemiology, reportable disease surveillance; health
fairs (as requested); educational speakers (no charge) as requested;
off-site flu clinics (per request); blood pressure (no charge) checks at
MOVHD office and area businesses; and fluoride testing (no charge).
WIC provides free nutritional education and counseling,
breast feeding support, and nutritious foods, such as cheese, milk,
eggs, juice, infant formula and cereal. Clients served are
income-eligible pregnant, post-partum, breast-feeding women, infants,
and children up to age five years.

Left to right, Steven Bayer, RS, program manager of
environmental health and threat preparedness; Jane Moore, RN, clinical
director; and Richard Wittberg, PhD, executive director.
Regular health screening and medical referrals can also
be received by clients if necessary. On an average, 250 individuals are
seen monthly in Calhoun.
Environmental Health Services Dept. protects the public
from diseases that are largely food or water borne. Through inspections
of food service operations, septic tank and home aeration systems, water
wells, mobile home parks, swimming pools, and day care facilities, it
keeps surveillance on communities.
West Nile disease and the spread of rabies is monitored
through a variety of precautions, such as mosquito trapping, dead bird
collection, and collecting and analyzing brain stems of certain dead
animals
Threat preparedness is in charge of protecting the
general public through planning, detecting, communicating, and
responding to threats ranging from acts of terrorism to new emerging
diseases. It works to create a network of trained organizations ready to
react and respond when needed.
MOVHD has much to offer the community. Over the next
several months, other programs that meet the needs of citizens will be
discussed.
For information about the MOVHD, visit
www.movhd.com. The local office,
located at 2B Hospital Dr., Grantsville, can be contacted by calling
354-6101, faxing 354-6654, or emailing
calhounhd@wvdhhr.org. The WIC
office is 354-6898.
Local representatives on the board of health are Tony
Richards and Bill Shock.
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