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Medical Reserve Corps of Gregg County Texas (aka: MRC-GREGG) Unit Profile
| Community/Jurisdiction Served: |
Texas -
Gregg County, Harrison County
MRC unit coverage includes all incorporated areas within the Gregg County jurisdiction. Our goal is to develop Mutual Aid Agreements with surrounding MRC Units in the near future.
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| Sponsoring Organization: |
Gregg County Health Dept, Longview, TX
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| Date Established: |
9/24/2006
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| Unit Information: |
Attn: Michelle Skyrme - MRC Chief of Operations
405 E. Marshall Ave
Longview, TX 75601
http://www.mrcgregg.com
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| Contact Information: |
Michelle Skyrme
405 E Marshall Ave
Longview, TX 75601
Phone: 903-237-2620
Other: 903-237-2676
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| Profile: |
INFO UPDATED - 3-27-2009 By MRC-Gregg Executive Director
We are still actively searching for all volunteer medical, nursing, allied health professionals and citizens who worked with the Medical Unit at Maude Cobb Center after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
We encourage them to contact us and become part of the MRC Gregg County. They are entitled to the MRC Founders Membership Program.
Any licensed medical prfessional currently working or retired are asked to assist us in serving our community.We are also searching for non licensed citizens to assist as logistical support to our team.
We are in Phase 2-3 of our start-up process: Volunteer Recruitment and Training.
For more information or to request an application or obtain further information - goto: www.mrcgregg.com or email the executive director at zerucha@mrcgregg.com.
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| Volunteer Count: |
| Physicians |
1 |
| Physician Assistants |
1 |
| Nurse Practitioners |
0 |
| Nurses |
3 |
| Pharmacists |
0 |
| Dentists |
0 |
| Veterinarians |
0 |
| Mental Health Professionals |
0 |
| EMS Professionals |
0 |
| Respiratory Therapists |
0 |
| Other Public Health/Medical |
8 |
| Non-Public Health/Non-Medical |
0 |
| Total |
13 |
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| Recent Activities: |
7/11/2009
MRC Executive Director brought in an independant consultant to review our MRC Policies - Training Program and Recruitment plan as well as to assist with the H1N1 Educational Community Prepardness Initiative which began in June 2006 with the Heatlh Dept.
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7/1/2009
Began active recruiting on Facebook.com. Page is under developement
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6/29/2009
MRC Gregg developed a twitter page to assist the MRC and Health Dept in Rapid information broadcast due to the recent WHO upgrade to a lvl 6 Pandemic of the H1N1. Follow us at: http://www.twitter.com/mrcgregg
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5/1/2009
Developed a more comprehensive website for H1N1 Prepardness and emergency response for the Gregg County Health Dept. http://www.greggfluinfo.info . MRC-GREGG provides all the design, technical and funding to this point for all of these websites
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4/25/2009
Activated to assist Local Public Health in infomation distribution via Internet technologies and other mediums for the H1N1 Virus. Developed and providing daily tech support for Pandemic-flu website: www.greggfluinfo.com. Goal is provide accurate clear information on this H1N1 Virus by Primary Sources such as the CDC and WHO
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Last Updated on 7/16/2009
