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SC DPH Midlands Region Medical Reserve Corps

The SC DPH Midlands Region Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a locally-based, region-wide medical-personnel resource whose purpose is to augment, assist, and support the existing medical and public health systems during disasters and public health emergencies.  The MRC is an asset of South Carolina's Midlands Region Department of Public Health (DPH) Bureau of Emergency Preparedness and Response.  SC DPH Midlands Region is composed of Aiken, Barnwell, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda, and York counties.  According to the 2020 Census, the overall population of the Region is 1.5 million.       

Mission Statement

  1. Organize and train healthcare professionals and non-medical volunteers to respond to the specific needs for the community, thereby enhancing local emergency response efforts, especially to large-scale emergencies;
  2. Provide reserve capacity at the community level to respond to local public and community health needs and priorities; 
  3. Create a framework to match both medical and non-medical volunteer skills with the community's health needs;
  4. Draw a wide variety of local people into volunteer medical services;
  5. Maintain volunteer credentials, contact information, and other relevant information in a database, so that during times of critical need, the volunteer may be rapidly deployed to assist the community's response. 

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