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Beaver Island Rural Health Center facilitates visiting optometry services for early 2001

Also Beaver Island eye care 2001 · Molter optometry Beaver Island

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TypeEvent
Date2001
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2001
Kind
Medical
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Rural Health Center
Eras
Modern era
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healthcarecommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Rural Health Center Health Services Committee helped arrange visiting optometry services for early 2001. Robert and Kimberly Molter planned to provide eye care from the Holy Cross rectory basement, including frames and repairs, with appointment scheduling through their mainland practice.

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The article documents an announced service plan, not its later start date, frequency, or patient records.

Sources

  1. Reports that optometrists Robert and Kimberly Molter planned to provide a full range of eye care in early 2001, with equipment, frames, repairs, and scheduling through their mainland office, supported by BIRHC and Holy Cross parish. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2000-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the published announcement.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2000-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Rural Health Center facilitates visiting optometry services for early 2001”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-eye-care-arrival-2001/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2000, “Eye care coming to BI.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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