Lowcountry AHEC Health Careers Academy (HCA) students gave a
helping hand during the Thanksgiving holiday assisting St. Jude's Episcopal Church in Walterboro
with its annual Thanksgiving luncheon. HCA students and more than 100
other volunteers helped to serve food to approximately 860 citizens within the
local community. The HCA students maintained the serving lines and
prepared plates for delivery to those who are shut-in or without transportation.
Lowcountry AHEC HCA students have volunteered for the last six of the 13 years
that this lunch has taken place at St. Jude’s. Lowcountry AHEC thanks the
students for their excellent volunteer efforts!
Hannah Robinson, MD knew she wanted to pursue a career in healthcare from a young age. “I’ve always wanted to be a doctor since about the sixth grade,” said Dr. Robinson. “I remember being in health class and watching the Miracle of Life video and just being fascinated with women and their ability to create and bear life.” Prior to attending medical school, Dr. Robinson spent time working on the obstetrics unit at her local hospital in Rock Hill and observed a trend with their patients. “What I noticed was a lot of the families that we serviced actually weren’t from Rock Hill. We also served surrounding counties that were really rural and seeing how these families were traveling to Rock Hill to deliver their babies was really shocking to me,” said Robinson. Due to a maldistribution of OB/GYNs in the state of South Carolina, individuals may have to travel great distances just to receive the care they need. In its most recent South Carolina Health Professions Data Book published in 20
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