
EPISODE #14 | 9:30 AM, Monday, July 13, 2020
A local physician on the COVID-19 pandemic
Guest: Thaddeus Bell, MD, founder of Closing the Gap in Healthcare, Inc.
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Join Dr. Thaddeus Bell, popular radio host Terry Base, and Garcia Williams, executive director of The Medi, for a #COVID19 conversation! Scroll down to listen in below as Dr. Bell, founder of Closing the Gap in Health Care, Inc., shares his perspectives on the pandemic.
Dr. Bell has been featured on a number of broadcasts addressing the full spectrum on the impact of COVID-19, from contact tracing, coping with isolation, and the importance of maintaining your overall health to how to manage emergency medical issues.
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Dr. Bell is a practicing family practice physician in Charleston, a fellow of the American Academy of Family Medicine, and the founder of Closing the Gap in Health Care, Inc. (CGHC), a nonprofit created to decrease health disparities by providing health education for African Americans and other under-served populations. He is also the 2020 recipient of the Harvey Gantt Triumph Award, presented at the 48th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration.
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Tune in every Monday morning to WJNI 106.3 FM or listen online at www.wjnigospel.com for a new, local conversation about COVID-19 and how it's affecting under-served populations, with information and experts that can't be found anywhere else. Past episodes of MEDI MONDAYS: The Coronavirus Edition can also be found at www.themedi.org/Medi-Mondays-Coronavirus.
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Listen to this episode below!
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Helpful resources and info on how COVID-19 is affecting underserved populations
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