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Starting Monday, any student will be able to have any aches or pains treated in a mini doctor's office which was once a classroom inside Crestview Elementary school.
"We don't have a physician within the 38 miles of our school district. Some kids are uninsured. What do they do? Some parents are temporarily out of work. You still need medical care," added Manley.
Ohio is looking to create more clinics like this in schools all over the state and they've provided grant money to fund them.
The CEO of Quick Med, based in Trumbull county, says they've had these clinics in 4 Youngstown city schools for the past year.
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The school clinics have a nurse practitioner, physician or physician's assistant available to provide treatment and or prescribe medicines.
https://www.wfmj.com/story/45704509/quick-med-puts-urgent-care-clinics-in-local-schools
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