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Article: A county health department: the first go-round
- Article from:
- Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- October 11, 2005
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Almost 40 years ago, Millie Sloane was a leader in a campaign to
establish a health department in Lancaster County. While details of
that failed effort now elude the 81-year-old Sloane, feelings of
frustration remain. She's particularly amazed that the county its
population approaching 500,000 still lacks an agency charged with
disease prevention and health-emergency preparedness. Sloane,
however, is heartened that a task force of physicians and the United
Way have taken up the issue anew. A feasibility study was released in
June, and a fact-finding phase is about to begin. Backers want to
show what a health department could do, how much it would cost and
what state funding could be ...