https://www.ncblrdc.org/who-we-are daily 0.75 2024-06-13 https://www.ncblrdc.org/find-a-clinic daily 0.75 2024-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee916c6be5bb24f2286aed2/1598011171812-3DVE39AUKUDBBMYJPIZ9/martha-dominguez-de-gouveia-nMyM7fxpokE-unsplash.jpg Find A Clinic https://www.ncblrdc.org/home daily 1.0 2024-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee916c6be5bb24f2286aed2/1598009398358-X9R4RNFW58GYZ5LS32AP/A_miner._P_V_%2526_K_Coal_Company%252C_Clover_Mine%252C_Lejunior%252C_Harlan_County%252C_Kentucky._-_NARA_-_541294.jpg Home - Our History The National Coalition of Black Lung and Respiratory Disease Clinics, Inc. was established in 1984 to accomplish the following goals: To adopt uniform black lung education and treatment standards To improve communications and information between clinics To provide a unified voice for Black Lung and Respiratory Disease Clinic Programs To sponsor opportunities for education, training, and technical assistance To encourage coal miners and others suffering from respiratory diseases to participate in coalition activities When Congress passed the 1977 amendment to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, they realized that specialized pulmonary medical services were needed. The Federal Black Lung Clinics Program has answered this need by funding black lung and respiratory disease clinics in coal mining areas in eleven states. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ee916c6be5bb24f2286aed2/bcd515b6-6b9f-4e1c-8639-c9119535a1e1/NPR+miner+photo.jpg Home - How We Are Helping Today Each year, these clinics provide medical diagnosis, treatment and education to thousands of coal miners and other patients suffering from lung disease. patient receive education which teaches them how to cope with their disease and improve their breathing and endurance, given them a better quality of life. The Black Lung Clinics Program helps bring medical expertise, state of the art medical equipment, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs to rural, medical under served areas. No patient is denied service because of an inability to pay. On average, a patient can be served for more than a year at a black lung clinic for less than the cost of one day in the hospital. By practicing preventive medicine, black lung and respiratory disease clinics help keep respiratory patient out of the hospital.