Please Note: Influenza has become widespread in our community. Patients coming into the Coal Country Community Health Centers and Sakakawea Medical Center for fever, chills, body aches, sore throat or cough are asked to wear a mask. Masks and alcohol hand wash are located at all main entrances to our facilities. If you cannot find one, please ask staff for assistance.
We are asking that if you are experiencing fever, chills, body aches, sore throat or cough along with any exposure to Influenza, that you please reconsider visiting patients in the hospital. If you choose to come and visit patients in the hospital while having any of the symptoms listed, please wear a mask for your own protection and for the protection of the patients and staff working at the hospital.
If you feel that you may have Influenza, please seek treatment immediately to be tested. It is important to remember to keep children home from school and daycare if they have these symptoms or have tested positive for Influenza recently.
Center for Disease Control Influenza Information:
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/resource-center/images/multi-language-pdfs/flu_and_you_english_508.pdf
Coal Country Community Health Center, in partnership with the Beulah School District, is excited to offer expanded services of the IMPACT (Integrating Mental Health, Physical Health, and Continuity of Care Together) Program to students. On January 19, 2022, CCCHC opened a new school-based site located in the Beulah High School. Kayla Ternes, PA-C provides primary care services to students in PreK through 12th grade. Appointments are available Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in both men and women in the United States. Combined, it’s estimated there will be more than 150,000 new cases of colon and rectal cancer reported in the U.S. in 2023 alone. Colorectal polyps and colorectal cancer don’t always cause symptoms, especially at first. That’s why getting screened is so important. With early screening and testing, it is preventable, treatable, and beatable! The CDC updated recommendations to begin screening for colon cancer starting at age 45. This March during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, we encourage you and your loved ones to be aware of risk factors and get screened.
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Coal Country Community Health Center will be holding preventative wellness exams for students in PreK-12th grade in May. A wellness exam may include a sports physical for the 2023-2024 school year if requested. The sports physical will be valid through the 2024 school year.
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