By Ta’Leah Van Sistine, community reporter/editor
The president of UW-Stout’s Student Association remains concerned about some aspects of next month’s scheduled switch from the current Student Health Services (SHS) to Prevea Health, two weeks after an open forum was held to discuss the change with the campus community.
Devin Dumke said the Nov. 15 forum made clear that the change would temporarily jeopardize the status of transgender care at UW-Stout. In an email to the CVPost on Tuesday, he wrote that it was time for the school’s student government to get involved, since Prevea representatives told the forum that their goal is to offer gender-affirming care to new patients starting next fall.
Dumke said “a nine-month gap at minimum is not acceptable to the student body” and added that “the Stout Student Association is taking necessary steps to address studenr concerns.”
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