I'm neither sick nor deceased . . .
Thanks, all . . .
I'm home now. Family Healthcare Center in Fargo is a medical clinic
that currently serves over 11,000 patients, over 70% of whom have NO
health insurance. About 3,000 are children, 1100 are homeless, 4,500
are refugees, and 9,900 are low income. We provide services including
over $2,000,000 in free or discounted prescription drugs to our
patients plus pre-natal care, care and education for 1,700 people with
diabetes, other chronic illness management, medical interpreters to
provide language assistance to all local providers. Right now every
day we treat 90 people. . . but over 200 people want our help. Our
dental clinic sees 46 patients per day, many of whom travel over 100
miles to be treated. We can do only palliative and preventive care
because we have no room to add more dental providers.
Without this medical home, I would be dead.
Lynn in Fargo
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