MIAMI, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2006--Pacer Health Corporation (OTCBB:
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The clinic's physical location had sustained sufficient damage to render it unsafe for the long-term provision of healthcare services, and a new facility has been established in Grand Lake at 786 Highway 384, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70607.
South Cameron Rural Health Clinic becomes the first medical facility in Cameron Parish to reopen at a permanent physical location since the second-most powerful storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season devastated the area on September 25. Pacer Health management reports that as of today, all direct and support services at South Cameron Rural Health Clinic have been restored to pre-hurricane operating levels and all staff have returned to work on their usual schedules at the new facility.
"Today's reopening is a significant milestone in reestablishing permanent healthcare in Cameron Parish," said Rainier Gonzalez, chairman and CEO of Pacer Health. "As the final step towards completely restoring healthcare services in Cameron Parish to pre-Hurricane Rita capacity, Pacer Health management is working diligently with FEMA, the Lower Cameron Parish Hospital Authority and local elected officials to build a replacement facility for South Cameron Memorial Hospital, our second of two facilities here and the sole community provider of hospital services in the parish."
South Cameron Hospital Rural Health Clinic is a medical out-patient center located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It provides out-patient and doctor's office services to the more than 10,000 residents of Cameron Parish as well as the area's several thousand oil and gas exploration personnel, commercial and recreational fisherman.
About Pacer Health Corporation
Pacer Health Corporation is an owner-operator of acute care hospitals, medical treatment centers, and psychiatric care facilities primarily serving non-urban areas in the Southeastern United States. Please visit http://www.pacerhealth.com for more information.
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