By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph
PRINCETON, W.Va. – A grand opening hosted Thursday at WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital unveiled the facility’s new Sleep and Pulmonary Clinic which will provide people across the region with a centralized location for advanced sleep medicine and pulmonary care.
Located on the hospital’s second floor, the new clinic will offer specialized treatment for sleep disorders including sleep apnea, narcolepsy, sleep paralysis, teeth grinding, sleep disorders that involve movement including restless leg syndrome and periodic limb movements as well as other sleep-related disorders, hospital officials said. The clinic will also provide care for pulmonary conditions including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and other respirator conditions.
“We have a lot of people who have these types of problems whether it’s pulmonary problems or sleep disorders,” said Karen Bowling, PCH president and CEO. “And being able to get those service close to home is extremely important.”
Dr. Tom Takubo, a pulmonologist trained at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and founding member/partner of Pulmonary Associates in Charleston, is the hospital’s lead physician for the clinic’s service line, Bowling said.
“We’re really excited to be able to come down here and help with what’s going on at Princeton,” Takubo said. “Part of WVU Medicine’s mission and vision is to make sure we extend services and everybody knows West Virginia. It’s a hardworking group of people. There is a lot of pulmonary disease that takes place throughout West Virginia, especially in the southern Appalachia area, so today is a great day.”