To put it bluntly- when a student on campus at Hagerstown Community College gets sick, they're screwed. This campus has no medical facility. No licensed nurse. Not even a referral to a local clinic is available. The only way a sick or injured student is going to get any medical treatment is if they are an athlete, and even that will be nominal at best. Why? What would possess a college campus, albeit a small one such as HCC, not to have some sort of medical center?
The best theory lies within the setup of the campus itself. Since HCC doesn't have student housing, the board of directors feel that there is no reason for them to build the facilities, or pay a registered nurse to see those of us who get sick. Again, why? The best reasoning behind the lack of medical staff is because a majority of the student body has lived in the area prior to enrolling to HCC, so they a
This brings to mind a new question. Has the idea of a resident nurse been accidentally overlooked? If so, then fine. Correct the mistake and take care of business. However, if there is no nurse purely for economical reasons, a referral to a local clinic would be both efficient and beneficial to the community. On the point of economics wouldn't it be more spend thrifty to hire a nurse who makes under thirty thousand dollars a year, rather than finance a multi-million dollar building designed for lounging and watching television? We have the ARCC for that! Hmmm, safety and well-being, or Looney Tunes and Pizza Hut? Could this be why sixty percent of small colleges across America have a resident nurse? Whatever the solution, it needs to be done quickly too, for 'tis the season.
Even after speaking to Dr. Galligan about the matter, no headway is in sight. He could not answer why there was not a nurse o
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