Author: Saleen Martin

Years after hospital closed, some former patients struggle for safe housing

Saleen Martin

This is the first in a series of articles reported in Northwest Georgia, an area rich in stories about unmet health needs and about people and programs making a difference. Georgia Health News and the health and medical journalism graduate program at UGA Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication collaborated to produce this series, made possible…

Safety net clinic is lifesaver for Madison County woman

Saleen Martin

While the Affordable Care Act has brought down the number of uninsured adults in the United States, huge gaps persist in how much access to care people really have. Currently, about 14 percent of Georgians are uninsured. And many of these people have problems — such as mental health issues — that need highly specific…