Columbus Regional Health is welcoming a new VIMCare physician.

The hospital says that Amy Hale, M.D., is the newest member of the staff.

CRH says that Dr. Hale graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine and completed her residency at Franciscan St. Francis Health, in Indianapolis, in family medicine.

The Columbus native and Columbus North High School graduate also served two years in Swaziland as a United States Peace Corps volunteer and worked to provide health screenings to rural Hondurans, says the hospital.

Dr. Hale is the primary care physician at VIMCare Clinic, formerly known as Volunteers in Medicine. VIMCare Clinic has been designed to provide care to patients without a primary care physician who have HIP 2.0 or other Medicaid coverage, as well as the uninsured in Bartholomew County.

VIMCare Clinic is located within Columbus Regional Hospital in the former Emergency Department. Qualified patients seeking care can call VIMCare Clinic at 812-375-3660. More information is also available at crh.org/vimcare.