WHEELING — The new health clinic at Madison Elementary School isn’t ready for students yet, but it will be “soon,” according to Ohio County Schools Superintendent Kim Miller.

School officials, representatives from WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital and other community members gathered Thursday at the school for the ribbon cutting of the new clinic.

Miller hopes the clinic will provide extra assistance to families on Wheeling Island who don’t have access to regular pediatric care.

Health care for children will be available once the paperwork and needed permits are approved, she said. For now, the clinic will only be open to students at Madison Elementary.

If a child is sick there or has a fever they will first be directed to the school’s main office. The office staff will then work with the

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