Referrels must be made through the MBC Health Service. Emergency care is provided by Augusta Hospital Corporation which has a physician available 24 hours a day. A base-line health record is required to be on file in the Health Center for all traditional students, both to protect the health of the MBC community and to assist in providing for student medical needs. The VA Department of Health requests that each student have on file a record of immunizations for certain communicable diseases. The staff is committed to health education not only as a means of maintaining good health and preventing illness but also as a means of creating an overall awareness among students of what constitutes life that is healthy.
Good health is a continuous goal.
Providing health information and encouraging inquisitiveness regarding health issues help develop self-reliance and confidence in making health decisions, enabling students to maintain good health while at MBC as well as throughout their lives. Counseling and Psychologial Services provides students with an opportunity to discuss with a professional personal concerns which may include depression, anxiety, relationship problems, substance abuse and eating disorders. Individual and group therapy are provided in a setting which is both private and comfortable. With few exceptions, no information, including the fact that a student is being seen by this office, will be released to anyone without the student's written permission. Referrels to psychiatrists and mental helth professionals in the community for long-term treatment are also provided.