Alobar Greywalker (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} alobar) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} neworleans,@ 2006-02-01 23:56:00 |
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Free Health Care
The FREE HEATH SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED ARE:
* Complete Physical Exams for Adults and Children
* Pelvic Exams with PAP and other tests
* Mammogram Exams
* Begin your Obstetric Care
* Dental Procedures, Cleanings, Fillings and Extractions
* Immunizations, Special Care programs for Severe Asthma
* Eye Exams, including Glasses made on site
* Lab Work and X-rays performed on site
New Orleans, LA, The New Orleans Agenda -- The State of Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals and the City of New Orleans Health Department will be provide free health care services at the New Orleans Audubon Zoo from Monday February 6th, through Sunday Morning February 12, 2006. The Services will be provided by American and Canadian Doctors, Nurses and Technicians part of a Volunteer Organization called Remote Area Medical (visit their web site at www.ramusa.org ), in conjunction with local volunteer physicians, the State of Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals and the City of New Orleans Department of Health. All Services provided WILL BE FREE of charge. These services are aimed to help the great volume of people affected by Hurricane Katrina whom for one reason or another are un-insured, under insured, or plainly cannot afford to go to the doctor and/ or get health services perform due to financial constraints. NO ONE WILL BE TURNED AWAY.
The Services will be provided on a "FIRST COME FIRST SERVE" basis. The doors will be opened at 8:00 AM every day, and the amount of people to be serviced during the day will be only limited by the length of the procedures provided by the various doctors. The doors will be closed at sundown serving those patients that have gone through the "REGISTRATION PROCESS" performed by City Volunteers at the Heath Entrance Area. NO ONE WILL BE TREATED WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
The FREE HEATH SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED ARE:
* Complete Physical Exams for Adults and Children
* Pelvic Exams with PAP and other tests
* Mammogram Exams
* Begin your Obstetric Care
* Dental Procedures, Cleanings, Fillings and Extractions
* Immunizations, Special Care programs for Severe Asthma
* Eye Exams, including Glasses made on site
* Lab Work and X-rays performed on site
