CHCS distributes medication lock boxes
May 15, 2023
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A grant from KDHE allowed Community HealthCare system to give away 150 medication lock boxes at local elementary schools during recent school events. Parents of three- and four-year-olds were presented with the lock boxes for prevention of accidental medication overdose.Participating elementary schools were Westmoreland USD 323, Onaga USD 322, and Vermillion USD 380.
More than 35,000 young children end up in emergency rooms due to accidental medication access, and more...
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