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INTEGRIS Health Participates in National Cover the Uninsured Week
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April 14, 2008
Forty-seven million Americans, including more than 9 million children, are living without health care coverage. They are often forced to do without the screenings, treatments and medicines they so desperately need. It’s a quiet epidemic affecting the health of our nation.
During National Cover the Uninsured Week 2007, April 27 through May 3, individuals, coalitions and organizations across the country will come together to promote awareness of this problem and to try to make a difference in their communities.
As part of this national campaign, INTEGRIS Health would like to invite the media to a free clinic for the uninsured on Monday, April 28. Come see first hand the extent of this problem and the efforts being made to find a solution.
DATE: Monday, April 28
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: Baptist Community Clinic
Olivet Baptist Church, 1201 N.W. 10 St.
Since 1993, INTEGRIS Health has operated a free medical clinic in Oklahoma City. The Baptist Community Clinic as it’s called is the largest, free, all volunteer clinic in the state. The clinic offers adult and pediatric care, as well as pediatric immunizations, individual consultations and monthly pharmaceuticals on a first-come, first-served basis.
Operating three nights a month (the second, third and fourth Monday) the clinic sees an average of 130 patients each night. In 2007, the Baptist Community Clinic had more than 3,131 patient visits and filled more than 14,544 prescriptions. A minimum of 40 physicians, nurses and non-medical volunteers staff the free clinic each evening, resulting in 2,612 volunteer hours last year.
"INTEGRIS has been and remains a strong advocate for providing health care for the uninsured,” says Dr. Jonathan Schwartz, volunteer and medical director of the clinic. “The creation of the Baptist Community Clinic in 1993, and continued support of the clinic, underscores that advocacy and INTEGRIS' commitment to provide health care for the uninsured."
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INTEGRIS Health Corporate Communications
3030 N.W. Expressway
Suite 1620
Oklahoma City, 73112
(405) 951-4826 |
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