CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Around 1,600 students from several different counties were bussed to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center Wednesday to take part in CAMC’s annual Career Healthcare Showcase.

CAMC employees set up over 40 themed booths to show students the many pathways and programs offered in their area.

“We are showing them that there are careers in West Virginia. They don’t have to move out of state,” said Lauren Lane, a CAMC employee who helped organize the showcase.

The showcase focused on highlighting all careers within the healthcare field, not just the clinical side that may get more attention.

Lane says it takes hundreds of other workers besides doctors and nurses to make a hospital run.

“A hospital is really like a big city, so you need all the different areas to

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