Hope Center hosting first community health clinic on Friday

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The City of Charleston is partnering with the Shifa Clinic to host the first community health truthful on the Hope Center on Friday.

The middle, situated on Meeting Street, opened its doorways in June. It is run by the town and supplies sources for individuals who are homeless or liable to turning into homeless.

Free health screenings shall be supplied on Friday. They embody blood stress, lung most cancers, and colon most cancers. Other providers shall be accessible as properly, reminiscent of registrations totally free mammograms.

Organizers mentioned these six months and older can even get a COVID-19 shot on the clinic.

“They can expect to meet with a healthcare professional in a private setting to discuss any issues or concerns. To have those necessary screenings done and to have appropriate referral follow-ups if needed and to be referred to get monthly grocery assistance and some other services from some of our other community partners,” mentioned Latosha Fludd, the Director of the Hope Center.  

Dr. Reshma Khan is the Medical Director of the Shifa Clinic, which is a non-profit that gives multi-specialty healthcare to people who find themselves uninsured or beneath the poverty line.

She mentioned Friday’s health truthful shall be used to find out how many individuals want main care.

“Once we identify the number of the patients or the people that have high blood pressure or diabetes, we will work with the City of Charleston and the Hope Center to establish a clinic here in the center,” defined Dr. Khan.

Dr. Khan mentioned diabetes, blood stress, and imaginative and prescient points are widespread among the many Shifa Clinic’s sufferers.

“We also provide pregnancy care, so we see a lot of teenage pregnancies. And so, providing contraceptive care, providing the health care and the education is very essential,” mentioned Dr. Khan.

Organizers mentioned the occasion is open to everybody from 9 am to 12 pm.