Post by Logan on Apr 7, 2016 5:15:25 GMT -6
Helmsley Trust announces nearly $9M for Billings Clinic, state for rural health care
In front of a packed house at Billings Clinic, local and regional health care officials announced nearly $9 million in grants to support rural health care in the region and a hefty donation-matching challenge for the clinic's residency program.
"Today is about the future of health care in the state of Montana and the entire region," said Shelley Stingley, program director of the Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust's Rural Healthcare Program.
The trust announced on Wednesday that it will give a $4.6 million grant to the state for mobile training and simulation centers to train health professionals in rural areas, as well as $4.3 million in grants to Billings Clinic's Internal Medicine Residency program for rotations in rural areas.
In addition, it offered up a three-to-one matching challenge for donations to the support the residency program.
Read more: billingsgazette.com/news/local/helmsley-trust-announces-nearly-m-for-billings-clinic-state-for/article_a6821ab4-48f9-54f9-98b2-cf9622a1e90f.html
In front of a packed house at Billings Clinic, local and regional health care officials announced nearly $9 million in grants to support rural health care in the region and a hefty donation-matching challenge for the clinic's residency program.
"Today is about the future of health care in the state of Montana and the entire region," said Shelley Stingley, program director of the Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust's Rural Healthcare Program.
The trust announced on Wednesday that it will give a $4.6 million grant to the state for mobile training and simulation centers to train health professionals in rural areas, as well as $4.3 million in grants to Billings Clinic's Internal Medicine Residency program for rotations in rural areas.
In addition, it offered up a three-to-one matching challenge for donations to the support the residency program.
Read more: billingsgazette.com/news/local/helmsley-trust-announces-nearly-m-for-billings-clinic-state-for/article_a6821ab4-48f9-54f9-98b2-cf9622a1e90f.html