Pittsburg State University and the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas made a major announcement Tuesday.
KRPS’s Fred Fletcher-Fierro.
Pittsburg State President Dan Shipp joined the CEO of CHCSEK Krista Postai to announce that the now sprawling non-profit with 15 locations throughout southeast Kansas and Northeast Oklahoma that launched in 1997 is now the official healthcare provider for PSU.
Pittsburg State students, faculty, and staff now have expanded access to medical care, pharmacy, and mental health services on campus and throughout the region.
Postai says that most of the current staff of PSU’s Bryant Student Center will shift to become employees of CHCSEK.
“The majority did apply with us, and the majority did stay with us. We had some retirements, we had some people. I think Dr. Sandness and Rita have both decided that it was time to slow down a little bit because they spent years and years taking care of students. So we’re going to honor what they accomplish and follow in their footsteps.”
CHCSEK currently serves an estimated 75,000 patients per year and with the partnership will add another roughly 5,000 PSU students as potential patients.
Previous to this announcement CHCSEK had been the health provider for 18 school districts in the region.
