Project: Black Lung Clinics Program
Grantee: Altoona Regional Health System
Contact: Ronald J. McConnell, Business Official
Address: 620 Howard Avenue
Altoona, PA 16601
Phone: 814-889-3175
Email: rmcconnell@altoonregional.org
Website: www.altoonaregional.org

Project Purpose:
The purpose of this program is to minimize the effects of pulmonary disease resulting from exposure to environmental hazards.

Project Service Area:
This project serves active and inactive coal miners, as well as those employed in other dust-producing industries in 21 counties throughout Pennsylvania.  The 21 counties are: Blair, Cambria, Centre, Huntingdon, Bedford, Westmoreland, Cameron, Clearfield, Clinton, Fulton, Indiana, Jefferson, Mifflin, Somerset, Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Schuylkill, Dauphin and Northumberland.