Myra Roberts Health Clinic.

• Author: Slaten, Russ
• Position: INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS

After ten months of construction efforts, the remote Interior community of Venetie welcomed the opening of the new Myra Roberts Health Clinic. Construction was performed using local carpenters and laborers under the direction of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Division of Environmental Health and Engineering.

The new 2,269-square-foot clinic replaces a much smaller log-constructed building which has served as the clinic for more than twenty years. The new clinic is equipped with fully piped water and sewer services and features two exam rooms, a dental operatory, a behavioral health office, a lab/pharmacy room, and sleeping quarters to house visiting traveling physicians, dentists, and other specialists. The new...