The University of Idaho Student Health Services will temporarily move offices starting May 15, in order to allow for the current building to be re-piped.
Greg Tatham, UI assistant vice provost for Student Affairs, said due to the Student Health buildings historical status, the state is funding a Department of Public Works project to update the plumbing of the nearly 100-year-old structure. He said during this process there will be no water flowing through the building, making it unusable as a health center.
Tatham said different Student Health departments will be transferred to multiple locations. He said the regular critical service that Moscow Family Medicine operates will move to their clinic on Main Street next to Gritman Hospital. The university psychiatrist will move to the Counseling and Testing Center on Blake Avenue. The nutritionist will move to the UI Student Recreation Center, along with the currently vacant position of health educator.
The Student Health Insurance Program Office has already moved and is now located in the administrative offices on the fourth floor of the Idaho Commons.
The current plans are for the pharmacy to stay in the building, Tatham said, because of the complexity with the pharmaceutical products.
“I want to make sure students understand that we will still provide the full array of services that we already do, and that those services will still be of the same quality,” Tatham said.
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