[NPInfo] 60 Minutes. Did you see?
Lynda Woiblett
lwoiblett at msn.com
Mon Mar 3 07:15:50 PST 2008
This organization has been active in central Virginia for some time. I was scheduled to do a mission trip with them 6 years ago but ended up moving and could not go. One of my good friends has gone every year and would not miss it. His wife and daughter now go with him and they are not medical but do things like set up for visits, run errands, bring supplies and act as extra hands as needed. The group in central VA has gone to Grundy, VA several times. The trip is done on a weekend, sometimes you stay in the building that you are using to see patients but if the town has a hotel, you can stay there if you want to. People usually take Friday off to pack and drive. Grundy is a mining town (coal) so much pulmonary is seen there along with dental and visual and general health care maintenance. As stated on 60 Minutes, most have some insurance but are woefully underinsured. Others have none but most are working. Most of the volunteers try to get appropriate supplies donated.
Lynn W
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I too was amazed at the impact this group has. What was sad is that so many people came out for care and that some had to be turned away. Also, great was the comment to take away some misconception the public has about substance abuse and others in in need of services. I don't recall exactly but one of the MD's stated the people who came had no substance abuse issues & that most had insurance, just that they were under insured ~
Donna
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From: Carla Anderson <carla_rayne at yahoo.com<mailto:carla_rayne at yahoo.com>>
> Thanks for the link, I agree, that was fantastic! Amazing technology, and
> equipment provided over a weekend by small checks of donation. They made it
> clear they have no large sponsors. What a blessing that man is that started
> that..Carla
>
> Dena <galdena at sbcglobal.net<mailto:galdena at sbcglobal.net>> wrote: Great story about a simply fantastic
> program!! To think of all those people
> that received much needed free medical, dental, and eye care in just ONE
> weekend by those volunteers. The final count: 920 patients seen, 500 pairs
> of glasses, 94 mammograms, 567 fillings, and 1066 dental extractions-- but
> 400 people had to be turned away at the end of the second day. And working
> on a shoe string budget with no government or corporate money?? If these
> wonderful volunteers can accomplish so much, so quickly, and on so little
> money, why can't our government do something???????????? You can view the
> entire 60 minutes segment at cbs.com and click on the LifeLine video.
> Dena Galler
>
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> Of David Mittman
> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 7:09 PM
> To: ACC Circle Circle; NPinfo; PA Forum
> Subject: [NPInfo] 60 Minutes. Did you see?
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> Tonight they had a segment on that if viewed, had to have moved you.
> If you care about people and care for people it had to have even
> moved you more. I can only hope you saw the segment on the
> organization that has started to provide free volunteer healthcare to
> our citizens across the USA.
> They started out as an international organization providing care in
> South America, etc., but now 60% is given throughout the USA.
> Their name is Remote Area Medical (REM) http://www.ramusa.org/<http://www.ramusa.org/> .
> Anyone ever work with them? They did a segment where they provided
> free care in Knoxville, TN and after working their tails off, they
> still turned away 500 people. They did interview an NP who was
> working with the group that weekend. Very positive.
> I (we) would like to take the first of many steps to form a liasion
> between the ACC and REM. First I need to talk with the Board. I will
> try to collect information. If they check out and agree, we would put
> a link on our web site and ask all NPs and PAs to donate their time
> and money. As a 15 minute segment was devoted to them tonight, I can
> only suppose 60 Minutes checked them out significantly. So, I again
> ask if you know anything about them?
> So, if they have it on their web site, please watch the segment.
> Sometimes we can change the world one person at a time.
> Dave
> Dave Mittman, PA
> Secretary
> American College of Clinicianswww.amcollege.org
> Dave at comcast.netCell-973-865-4216<mailto:Dave at comcast.netCell-973-865-4216>
>
> Read. Think. Join. Participate.
>
> We did not come over in the same ship, but we ARE in the same boat.
>
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