MEDIA ADVISORY: New Cannon County Health Department and Community Health Center Open House

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH will join other state and local officials Tuesday, April 24 at the open house at the new Cannon County Health Department and Community Health Center in Woodbury.

The Cannon County Health Department received $750,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through a Health Infrastructure Investment Program grant. Other funds for the new building were provided the state of Tennessee and the land was donated by Cannon County.

The new building has more exams rooms than the previous facility, a dental wing with two dental chairs and a modernized conference and training room for patient education and staff development opportunities. Approximately 5,362 Cannon County residents are considered low-income and qualify for services at the Cannon County Health Department and Community Health Center on the sliding fee scale.

Who:                 John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Health
                           Debbie Johnson, Director, Upper Cumberland Regional Health Office, TDH
                           Don Grisham, MD, Upper Cumberland Regional Medical Director, TDH
                           Michael Railling, MPH, Cannon County Health Department Director
                           Cannon County Executive Mike Gannon

What:               Cannon County Health Department and Community Health Center open house

When:               Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Central time

Where:              Cannon County Health Department and Community Health Center
                            106 Alexander Drive
                             Woodbury, TN 37190