Operation Sickle Cell, Inc. & Stedman-Wade Federally Qualified Health Center of Fayetteville, North Carolina Receives $1.28 million Grant from HRSA.FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Operation Sickle Cell, Inc. of Fayetteville, North Carolina Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 121,015. It is the county seat of Cumberland County GR6, and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a U.S. , in collaboration with the Stedman-Wade Federally Qualified Health Center A Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) is an American community-based health organization. An FQHC provides comprehensive primary health, oral, and mental health/substance abuse services to persons in all stages of the life cycle. , has been awarded $1.28 million over the next four years from the Health Resources & Services Administration to address the needs of sickle cell disease sickle cell disease or sickle cell anemia, inherited disorder of the blood in which the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin pigment in erythrocytes (red blood cells) is abnormal. patients. The grant, one of four awarded nationally, is to fund a pilot program that establishes a seamless continuum of care for adult and pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. sickle cell disease patients in the four North Carolina county areas of Cumberland, Hoke, Harnett and Robeson. Results from the four grants will guide national policy regarding services to the sickle cell community. Partners in this project include Duke University Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, Southern Regional Family Medical Center, Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Emergency Services Department and Fayetteville State University History In 1867, seven black men - Matthew N. Leary, Andrew J. Chesnutt, Robert Simmons, George Grainger, Thomas Lomax, Nelson Carter, and David A. Bryant - paid $136 for two lots on Gillespie Street and converted themselves into a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees to . The partners will work together to enhance the prevention and treatment of sickle cell disease through the coordination of service delivery, genetic testing and counseling, bundling of technical services and training of health professionals. Telemedicine technology is being planned to help ease the geographic and financial burdens that low-income rural sickle cell patients endure in getting access to specialty care. In addition, there is a chronic shortage of Hematologists and other specialty care providers in eastern North Carolina Eastern North Carolina or (often abbreviated as ENC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the eastern third of North Carolina. It includes the Outer and Inner banks, thus it is often known geographically as the state's coastal region. . The telemedicine network will include Stedman-Wade Health Center and Operation Sickle Cell, Inc., the latter being a acommunity-based' site for the network with Duke Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center providing the needed specialists for consultation. ABOUT SICKLE CELL DISEASE Sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells Red blood cells Cells that carry hemoglobin (the molecule that transports oxygen) and help remove wastes from tissues throughout the body. Mentioned in: Bone Marrow Transplantation red blood cells , is the most prevalent genetic blood disease in the world and can be found among African Americans, Africans, Latin Americans, Brazilians, Greeks, Italians and Indians. Currently there is no universal cure for sickle cell disease. A simple painless blood test followed by a laboratory technique called Hemoglobin Electrophoresis will determine the type of hemoglobin a person has. ABOUT OPERATION SICKLE CELL Operation Sickle Cell, Inc., founded by Mary E. McAllister Mary E. McAllister is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's forty-third House district, including constituents in Cumberland county. , has a 34-year history of providing services that benefit the sickle cell patient population. OSC, Inc. currently provides over 300 sickle cell patients with disease education, counseling, case management, on-site Duke Medical Clinics, support groups and a summer camp. Most of these services are supported by State government funds, and are offered free of charge to residents of Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke and Robeson counties. ABOUT STEDMAN-WADE HEALTH SERVICES Stedman-Wade Health Services operates a federally qualified health center for the residents of Cumberland County, North Carolina
Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 302,963. Its county seat is Fayetteville6. and the surrounding areas. Their mission is to provide a quality, accessible range of primary medical and dental health care services to a population that has the 3rd highest number of uninsured patients in the state. |
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