MORRISEY ANNOUNCES RURAL DIABETES CARE GRANTS

Governor Patrick Morrisey has announced nearly 17-million-dollars in rural health grants to boost diabetes care. The announcement came a day after the state received 202-million-dollars in second-year Rural Health Transformation Program funding. The biggest grant, more than 5-million-dollars, went to the Marshall University Research Corporation for nutrition and lifestyle programs. The corporation also gets about five-million-dollars for remote patient monitoring, and nearly two-million-dollars for rural training. Cabell Huntington Hospital, part of the Marshall Health Network, and the West Virginia Primary Care Association also received grants.