The clinic had previously been designed to help visitors navigate the health system and was not intended to take the place of doctor's visits.
The Ohio Department of Health is expanding services at its clinic in East Palestine, just one day after it opened.
“We have been working to bring additional medical resources to the community as quickly as possible," Ohio Department of Health Director Bruce Vanderhoff said in the release. “I am pleased we now can offer people a more complete medical evaluation.” In addition, physicians from East Liverpool City Hospital will support the clinic, according to ODH. The clinic opened Tuesday and is fully booked through Thursday.on Feb. 17 in the wake of complaints by residents in and around East Palestine of rashes and headaches ever since the Feb. 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals.
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