GREENEVILLE, TENNESSEE
HEALTH
“Health services are enhanced by Greene County’s close proximity to major medical centers in Knoxville and the Tri-Cities area.”
Healthcare needs for the community are met by two hospitals staffed by more than 100 physicians in a variety of specialties, a state-operated residential facility for individuals with developmental disabilities, several nursing homes, assisted living facilities and numerous other health-related businesses. In 2007, Laughlin Memorial Hospital became a home base for a medical-evacuation helicopter, enabling the hospital, Mountain States Health Alliance and Wings Air Rescue work to cover points within 125 miles of Greeneville. Health services are enhanced by Greene County’s close proximity to major medical centers in Knoxville and the Tri-Cities area. Veterans in the area have close access to the James H. Quillen
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Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Johnson City, which provides tertiary medical care, surgery and psychiatric services for veterans in surrounding states. Nolachuckey-Holston Area Mental Health Center, a division of Frontier Health, is the area’s leading provider of mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring services for adults, children and youth, and recovery and vocational rehabilitation services for adults. Outpatient counseling and case management was provided for 1,537 adults, children and youth during fiscal 2011 at Nolachuckey and satellites in Greeneville, Rogersville, and Sneedville. Frontier Health received two Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and SAMHSA grants to provide
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