Cities Want Funding For Medical Vans

Hackett Mayor Darrell Newton is hosting the Monday meeting. Newton met last month with the mayors of Booneville, Bonanza, Hartford and Rock Island, Okla., to discuss a joint application for funding.

Booneville Community Hospital CEO Dzaidi Daud says he's also spoken with leaders from Charleston, Lavaca, Magazine, Midland and Paris. He says a cooperative effort is considered more favorable by those who issue grants.

The vans were first proposed as a way to provide access to medical care by taking patients to medical facilities throughout the region.

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