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At an October 6 public unveiling, MedCura Health joined DeKalb County officials representing The DeKalb Board of Health, MARTA, and Emory to introduce the “Get Vaxxed DeKalb” campaign and a custom-wrapped MARTA bus featuring the campaign logo. The new marketing strategy was developed with one goal in mind: get DeKalb County residents vaccinated against COVID-19. “Together, we will rise and overcome; divided, we will fall,” said Dr. Sandra Valenciano, district health director for DeKalb County Board of Health. “The only way we’re going to beat COVID-19 is if we come together and get vaccinated, not for our own good but for the common good.”

The coalition of partners hope the visibility of the “Get Vaxxed DeKalb” slogan will increase awareness and vaccination numbers in the county. The wrapped MARTA bus will, said MARTA CEO Jeff Parker, “drive around [DeKalb County] and remind people to step up and get vaccinated.” Additionally, Parker stated that starting in October, MARTA is encouraging its employees to be fully vaccinated or regularly tested.

Dr. Valenciano shared the three most important things DeKalb County residents can do for the health and well-being of themselves and the DeKalb community:

1. Get the COVID-19 vaccine, and include children 12 to 17 years old who are eligible.
2. Get the flu vaccine.
3. Continue to wear a mask in public places, and maintain social distancing practices and hand washing.

“Before DeKalb began its vaccination events, approximately 44 percent of its eligible residents were fully vaccinated,” said DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond. “DeKalb’s push to get residents vaccinated has increased that percentage to 51 percent. We have surpassed our initial goal and our new goal is to get 60 percent of our eligible population vaccinated by Dec. 1 of this year.”

For more information, visit www.dekalbcountyga.gov.

MedCura Health (formerly Oakhurst Medical Centers) and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Taylor hosted their open house and ribbon cutting ceremony on Aug. 11. The new facility is located at 1706 Candler Road in Decatur. Read full article here.

As of November 1, 2020, our new name will become MedCura Health, which means “Medicine with Care.” On March 26, 2020 the Board of Directors of Oakhurst Medical Centers, Inc. voted to change the name to MedCura Health Inc. The leadership of the organization deemed this appropriate to capture the essence of the organization in the year 2020 and to modernize its brand. MedCura today has become a more diverse health care organization with a wider array of services than when the Oakhurst brand was adopted. Also, it’s important to note the organization no longer operates in the Oakhurst Community of Decatur, Georgia where it was founded.

To point to MedCura being a leader in the community health care movement, we are embracing the new slogan of “medicine with care” to go along with the new name. MedCura, which means “medicine with care” is designed to capture the cornerstone of the organization’s focus on a higher level of quality service through excellent customer service.