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🌱 How Kingstree’s new sickle cell clinic could change care locally

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  • How Kingstree's new sickle cell clinic could change care locally

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📰 News we're reading

• New Medical University of South Carolina Sickle Clinic provides services for Pee Dee patients, families (wbtw.com) — Residents in and around Kingstree now have a new Medical University of South Carolina sickle cell clinic in town, reducing long, risky trips to Charleston or Columbia for specialized care. The Rena N. Grant Sickle Clinic serves both children and adults from the Pee Dee and Grand Strand, offering pain management, transfusions, and ongoing support much closer to home.
   

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