Chinese Delegates Learn About Savannah's Healthcare System
Several Chatham County Safety Net providers hosted a group of about 30 government officials from China in April of 2008. The officials traveled to the United States to learn more about our country's public health system.During their U.S. tour, they visited federal health offices in Washington, D.C., Grady Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta before arriving in Savannah. Their public health tour of Savannah began with a focus on environmental health issues. Then, Dr. Diane Weems of the Chatham County Health Department took the delegates on a tour of Memorial University Medical Center, the J.C. Lewis Health Center, the Community Health Mission and the Curtis V. Cooper Primary HealthCare Center. Weems spoke to the delegates about barriers to healthcare for the uninsured and underinsured in our community. She also discussed steps the Safety Net Planning Council has taken to help people get the healthcare they need.
