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If you need medical assistance outside of regular business hours, please call your
local clinic’s phone number to connect with our on-call service. Dial 911 for emergencies.

1963

Blue Ridge Health was founded by Claire Hayden Burson, a public health nurse with a vision of eliminating health disparities for the migrant farmworkers of Western North Carolina. Blue Ridge Health is among the first of the migrant health centers opened in the US during this time.