(ABOVE) SIHF representatives Gail Chellis, Bryan Ferrell, Beth Ann Gailey, and Nafeesah Jor’dan (from the clinic at Danville High School) take turns speaking during Friday, May 19th STEP meeting at Second Church of Christ.
SIHF (Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation) had a major presence at the Friday, May 19th STEPUP meeting at Second Church of Christ in Danville. Vice-President of Operations Gail Chellis stated how happy SIHF was to be part of Danville, and District 118 Superintendent Dr. Alicia Geddis expressed her appreciation for their patience; as high school students have been gradually turning their permission slips in to receive care at the new clinic for local students in the Danville High School basement, in addition to their patience with the remodeling that’s been going on at DHS.
Danville District 118 Superintendent Dr. Alicia Geddis and Danville Police Chief Christopher Yates take their turns speaking with SIHF (Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation) representatives at the Friday, May 19th STEPUP meeting at Second Church of Christ.
Danville Police Chief Christopher Yates received an affirmative answer when he asked if the SIHF clinic at the high school will be able to provide sports physicals for the coming school year.
SIHF Corporate Director for Communications and Strategies Beth Ann Gailey stated that it’s been a wonderful start with the FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Center) at the high school.
AUDIO: I think so. You know we started the school based health center in January; and I think that we’re really looking to relaunch as we look into registration for the coming year, and get more families involved.
As for the second FQHC, for the entire community, that SIHF has planned for Danville; that continues to be a work in progress. The plan has called for a clinic to be built at the old St. Elizabeth Hospital site, along with a possible temporary location on the OSF campus. Vice-President of Operations Gail Chellis says things are still being looked into, especially as to where the temporary site might be. She says the idea is to have a temporary site that can be there the entire time that the permanent site is being worked on.
AUDIO: We are still working on locating various clinics to be able to locate faster in Danville, outside of the time that it would take to build a brand new center. So, we are looking for various sites to be able to go into in the near future, versus waiting until we have a site built.
Chellis says Business and Development Strategies at SIHF continues to research future options in Danville.
