Ashtabula opens first school-based health clinic with state funding

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A school art room has been transformed into the Ashtabula City School District’s first school-based health clinic.

Gov. Mike DeWine recently joined festivities marking the opening of the clinic, which includes two exam rooms, medication room, physician office and waiting area. It is run through a partnership with Ashtabula Regional Medical Center, and was built with state funding, the governor’s office said.

The pediatric clinic will offer acute illness visits, medication management, immunizations, management of chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes, physicals, well-child visits, and more.

The Ashtabula Regional Medical Center School-based Health Center is located in the Huron Primary / Lakeside High building in Ashtabula. When the roof collapsed at Lakeside