Partnership increases regional access to academic medicine in Carroll County
A partnership is expanding access to health care for people living in Carroll County. UofL Health will provide additional care services at Carroll County Memorial Hospital. The hospital will start with cardiology and vascular surgery and add more specialties.
It’s an addition doctors say is needed as the hospital is located within a federally designated medically underserved area.
“A lot of patients are ignoring their health because they are not going to drive to a bigger city. If they have those services here, they can be easily done,” said Dr. Ranjhan Gopang, Carroll County Memorial Hospital, “If some patient gets sick, it will be easy transfer, university has a lot of specialties.”
This partnership will expand health care options for the county and provide more convenience and access to care for patients. UofL Health says the goal is to provide more care locally.
“That's always what we want to do, and it's always difficult to come into Louisville or any other hospital for advanced care. If we can do that locally and expand our academic providers into Carroll County into that hospital then we've done a good job,” said Tom Miller, UofL Health CEO.
For now, UofL Health physicians will be available a couple of times a month starting next month. They hope to add at least five more specialties before the end of the year.