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SALISBURY — Cabarrus Rowan Community Health Centers last week was awarded a $650,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to expand in Rowan County.
Through the New Access Point grant, the health centers will be able to build capacity and serve more patients, a news release said. The centers will co-locate the site with Daymark Recovery Services on Statesville Boulevard.
Sgt. 1st Class Richard Stayskal is dying.
The 38-year-old Green Beret's cancer was missed by Army care providers in 2017, and is now terminal. For the last year he's been fighting to change a decades-old legal rule known as the Feres Doctrine, which bars Stayskal and his family from suing the government for the alleged medical malpractice.
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, NC-08, announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Cabarrus Rowan Community Health Centers a grant of $650,000.
Hudson wrote a Fair and Prompt letter to HHS.
“Our community health centers play a vital role in providing high-quality, affordable care,” Hudson said. “This grant will ensure that Cabarrus Rowan Community Health Centers can continue providing top-notch patient care while expanding access for families.”
On Tuesday Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) introduced bipartisan legislation that would allow service members to sue the government for military medical malpractice.
The SFC Richard Stayskal Military Medical Accountability Act of 2019, a companion bill to the House version introduced earlier this year by Reps. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) and Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), would allow military personnel to sue the government for negligence or wrongdoing that occurred during medical care at a military hospital outside of a combat zone.
Military construction projects identified to divert funds in support of President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration of southern border security, which would help build a wall, does not appear to have an impact on Fort Bragg projects, officials said.
On Feb. 15, Trump declared a national emergency on the southern border, requesting armed forces support.
Through Section 2808 of the U.S. code, the declaration authorized the Secretary of Defense to review military construction projects to support the use of the armed forces in connection with the national emergency.
ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. — President Donald Trump has invited Rowan County Little League Softball team to the White House after winning the Little League World Series softball championship.
Today U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-08) released the following statement after the Rowan County Little League Softball team received an invitation to visit the White House for winning the 2019 Little League Softball World Series title:
After local Congressmen made a plea, the Rowan County Softball Little League World Series Champions have been invited to visit the White House.
Details as to when the team will visit the White House has yet to be determined.
Steve Yang, head coach of the Rowan County Softball Little League team received an invitation from the White House that said: