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MEDICAL PLANS
LEARN MORE ABOUT CHATHAM COUNTY’S NEW HEALTH CARE SERVICES
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BY ANNA-RHESA VERSOLA
eff Strickler can’t predict the future of health
care in Chatham County, but he’s confident our community is ready for it. “It all depends upon how clear your crystal ball is,” says Jeff, president of Chatham Hospital, a 25bed critical access hospital in Siler City that is part of the UNC Health system. Chatham County is predominantly rural but has become a bedroom community to Research Triangle Park and the surrounding area with more than 55% of residents commuting to jobs outside the county, according to a case study published in the Journal of Rural and Community Development. “We sort of have a foot in two worlds,” Jeff says. “It gives us a depth of resources that we wouldn’t otherwise be able to bring
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