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WEST VIRGINIA NEWS
from Eyewitness News Online State-run hospital named for ex-W.Va. lawmaker November 05, 2009 12:00 PM BECKLEY, W.Va.
A state-run hospital in Beckley has been renamed in honor of a former Raleigh County lawmaker. Pinecrest Hospital was christened as Jackie Withrow Hospital at a ceremony Wednesday. The 91-year-old Withrow served in the House of Delegates from 1961 to 1978. Raleigh County Delegate Bill Wooton says Withrow pushed for reforms in all public institutions and was a voice for the state's most fragile citizens. Wooton says her accomplishments included work on getting compensation for coal miners suffering from black lung and a law mandating mental health retardation tests for all children. Information from: The Register-Herald, http://www.register-herald.com |
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