 The Floyd County Health Department will be participating in a CASPER survey from September 7th through September 10th. The purpose of this survey is to assess the mental well-being and health needs of those affected by the flooding. The survey will take place in both Garrett and Whalen, Kentucky, and will be conducted by members of the CDC alongside the Floyd County Health Department. Mountain Top News spoke with Public Health Director Scott Lockard to learn more. The CASPER survey is a survey that a format that is done, the CDC has, and it allows us to go out in a systematic way and survey the needs of the community after a natural disaster like we've experienced here in several of our counties. A lot of people are dealing with anxiety, with depression, with PTSD, you know, when they have a heavy rain now, they're really concerned. So we're really trying to get at what's been the impact of this flood, what are the unmet needs, and then we're going to take this data and use it as a tool to help us to work to meet those needs in our communities. At Pikeville Medical Center, our vision of creating a heart and vascular institute that will rival any other in Kentucky is reality. We've assembled a top team of more than 30 multidisciplinary providers. Together, those highly experienced providers perform many of the most advanced cardiac procedures available anywhere. We have armed them with cutting-edge technology and resources needed to provide comprehensive heart care close to home. Pikeville Medical Center, when it comes to your heart, place your care in our hands. Lockard believes everyone's participation is key during times of distress. The community is supporting each other during the recovery process to see the foothills of Appalachia return to a place of peace. I think we have a sense of community and counties and cities and everyone here in eastern Kentucky working together unlike we ever have before. You know, this disaster is tragic as it has been. We have saw the good of so many people and so many different communities, our elected leaders, our faith-based, our business community, our education community, the health care community. Everyone working in unison just to support eastern Kentucky and do the best for our people. Reporting from Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Collum.