Health building at Quinn's Junction dedicated

(Park Record) The Summit County Council Wednesday joined the People's Health Clinic in dedicating the new Summit County Health Department building at Quinn's Junction.

The location on Round Valley Drive, which has rooms for patient care, an emergency operations center for coordinating during public health emergencies, conference facilities and health offices, will likely open Nov. 30. The People's Health Clinic will lease about 20 percent of the building from Summit County for about $1 per year.

By partnering with the People's Health Clinic, which serves people without health insurance, Summit County Health Department Director Steve Jenkins said more children will be immunized and expectant mothers will be healthier.

Babies might have a higher survival rate and be healthier because their mothers will receive prenatal care at the new facility, said Summit County Councilman John Hanrahan, a physician who helped found the People's Health Clinic.

"There are rare instances of really heart-crushing tragedy when a baby [is] stillborn because the mom did not get prenatal care," Hanrahan said. "This clinic is preventing that for hundreds and hundreds of people in our community."

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