Health Concerns of Forest Fires: Your Questions Answered Live on Facebook – Thursday November 17, at 1:15 p.m.

Kate Rasche, MD, Family Medicine physician with Mission Community Primary Care – Haywood, A Service of Transylvania Regional Hospital, answers your continued questions about the health effects of our recent forest fires and the accompanying smoke, as well as when you should seek medical attention from your primary care provider.

Join us on Facebook today – Thursday, November 17, at 1:15 p.m.

Dr. Rasche is a graduate of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York. She completed her family medicine residency with Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) in Asheville, North Carolina, and is board certified in family medicine.

Dr. Rasche and her colleagues see patients from the Mission Community Primary Care – Haywood practice located inside the Mission Health Center – Haywood medical office building at 360 Hospital Drive in Clyde, North Carolina. The office number to schedule an appointment is (828) 456-9006.

Mission Health is stepping up to help the fire fighters and emergency workers battling the forest fires.

Learn how you can get involved, mission-health.org/firehelp.

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