Ocracoke Health Center

Ocracoke Health Center back up and running

February 4, 2020 by Editor

Ocracoke Health Center back up and running - North Carolina Health News

Hurricane Dorian damaged the center back in September, but after renovations, Ocracoke health clinic recently reopened.

By Peter Vankevich Ocracoke Observer Sometime during the long, slow process of getting Ocracoke somewhat back to normal after Hurricane Dorian hit on Sept. 6, someone must have created a check-off list of what needs to be accomplished. In the days following this devastating storm, for variable times, the island was without electric power, an […]

Shows Hurricane Dorian as it was over the NC Coast in September

Gov. Cooper signs Storm Recovery Act despite concerns

November 20, 2019 by Anne Blythe

Gov. Cooper signs Storm Recovery Act despite concerns - North Carolina Health News

Nearly $180 million in help is on the way for North Carolina recovery and resiliency projects related to hurricanes Dorian, Florence, Matthew and Michael.

By Anne Blythe A political storm that brewed last week between Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders over language in the Storm Recovery Act of 2019 calmed this week. The Democratic governor signed the bill into law, approving the release of some $180 million in state funds for recovery and resilience projects related to […]

Will Ocracoke and North Carolinians still struggling from Hurricane Dorian, Florence and Matthew get disaster assistance soon?

November 14, 2019 by Anne Blythe

Will Ocracoke and North Carolinians still struggling from Hurricane Dorian, Florence and Matthew get disaster assistance soon? - North Carolina Health News

The General Assembly adopted the Storm Recovery Act, a $180 million relief and storm preparation package. Now it goes to Gov. Roy Cooper. But the governor objects to some additions to the bill.

By Anne Blythe Gail Covington, a family nurse practitioner who tends to people’s health needs on the Outer Banks through her Island Mobile Health Care, was doing some work in Raleigh this week. That’s where she heard that both General Assembly chambers had approved a long-awaited disaster relief bill that could bring needed aid to […]

A mobile unit with the Ocracoke Health Center sign in front.

Ocracoke & Hatteras locals pull together to continue health care delivery post-flood

October 11, 2019 by Rose Hoban

Ocracoke & Hatteras locals pull together to continue health care delivery post-flood - North Carolina Health News

After floodwaters inundated Ocracoke, neighbors and local responders pulled together to get health care services back up and functioning on the island.

By Rose Hoban Co-published with the Ocracoke Observer When Hurricane Dorian’s winds pushed the Pamlico Sound onto Ocracoke on the morning of Friday, Sept. 6, Erin Baker, the physician at the Ocracoke Health Center, was in her house with her elementary-school aged daughter. “My house was lifted after a storm in ’04,” she said. “It’s […]

Shows two men in a motor boat, powering down a flooded road, a house is visible to the left. The road is flooded in the wake of Dorian

Hurricane Dorian’s foray up NC’s Outer Banks leaves many stranded, floods islands

September 6, 2019 by Thomas Goldsmith

Hurricane Dorian’s foray up NC’s Outer Banks leaves many stranded, floods islands - North Carolina Health News

After Hurricane Dorian’s trek up North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the former Category 5 storm is still causing trouble across eastern counties, state officials said Friday. Of particular concern: the hundreds of people stranded on Ocracoke Island.

By Thomas Goldsmith and Rose Hoban Hurricane Dorian remained a dangerous storm Friday morning although North Carolina’s southeastern counties have apparently escaped widespread destruction on the scale seen after last year’s Hurricane Florence, state officials said. But when Dorian passes, it may be some of the state’s barrier islands that were hardest hit. As rain […]

in the foreground, a sign reading Ocracoke Health Center, with buildings and people walking away in the background

North Carolina’s most remote clinic?

August 1, 2019 by Rose Hoban

North Carolina’s most remote clinic? - North Carolina Health News

The Ocracoke Health Center is one of those vital institutions that keeps the island going, but that doesn’t always translate into fiscal health.

By Rose Hoban Despite being a business leader in a busy tourist town, Cheryl Ballance sometimes has had to tell summer guests not to come to Ocracoke. “Sometimes, we’d get calls from people who said they were nine months pregnant with a high- risk pregnancy, wanting to know if we had resources for them,” Ballance […]

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