The Delaware County Health Department will entrust Melissa Lyon to make health decisions for a county with a population of more than half a million residents.
"Our job is to prevent illness, disease, death, so ultimately we’re working to keep people from using the emergency room, period," Lyon said. The department will operate with a $10M budget and use the money in part to inspect restaurants, test water and track disease. The ongoing fight against the COVID-19 virus will also be a big chunk of the department's purpose.
"It’s still COVID," Lyon said. "As much as no one wants to hear it, it is still the thing that’s impacting morbidity and mortality in our community.""Together, we worked to offer our residents our very own health department committed to serving the residents of Delaware County," Councilmember Dr. Monica Monica Taylor said.
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