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Bassett Opens School-Based Clinic,

Its 20th, At Richfield Springs Central

Dr. Chris Kjolhede, pediatrician and Bassett's school-based health program director, examines 7th-grader Amy Seamon yesterday on the Richfield Springs Central School clinic's first day. (Bassett photo)
Dr. Chris Kjolhede, pediatrician and Bassett's school-based health program director, examines 7th-grader Amy Seamon yesterday on the Richfield Springs Central School clinic's first day. (Bassett photo)

RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Bassett Healthcare opened its 20th school-based health center yesterday, serving K-12 students at Richfield Springs Central School.

Bassett President/CEO Vance Brown praised the program in a ceremony attended by parents, teachers, students and local and state representatives.

"Especially in the new environment of population health and preventive care, this mission of being in a community with boots on the ground doing community health improvement is what this is all about," said Brown, himself a family physician.

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