Mobile medical clinic to benefit county residents
The mobile medical age has begun in San Bernardino County.
The county's Board of Supervisors accepted last week the donation of a mobile medical clinic that will be used by the county-operated Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton.
The clinic will benefit the entire county, particularly remote areas.
"The goal of this program is to take health care to those who can't access care at other facilities, especially residents in areas like the High Desert," said Dr. Dev Gnanadev, the hospital's medical director.
The county's Board of Supervisors accepted last week the donation of a mobile medical clinic that will be used by the county-operated Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton.
The clinic will benefit the entire county, particularly remote areas.
"The goal of this program is to take health care to those who can't access care at other facilities, especially residents in areas like the High Desert," said Dr. Dev Gnanadev, the hospital's medical director.
The program will aim to provide primary, preventative and health
education services to underinsured or uninsured populations such as the
elderly, homeless, public housing residents, and low-income school
children and their families, according to a county news release.
The clinic, valued at $364,000, was a gift from the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Foundation, the fundraising arm of the hospital.
"We anticipate that we'll use it five days a week and may expand that to weekends as the program grows," said Jorge Valencia, the hospital's director of business development and marketing. "It's going to be on the road constantly."
The 40-foot-long clinic, which resembles a large moving van, will be equipped with two exam rooms, an intake/vitals room, a patient education room and a lobby.
The clinic is being built in Ohio and should be delivered to the hospital next month. Valencia anticipates it will hit the road sometime in February or March.
"This is going to be a beautiful, state-of-the-art vehicle," Valencia said.
michael.sorba@inlandnewspapers.com
(909) 386-3872
The clinic, valued at $364,000, was a gift from the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Foundation, the fundraising arm of the hospital.
"We anticipate that we'll use it five days a week and may expand that to weekends as the program grows," said Jorge Valencia, the hospital's director of business development and marketing. "It's going to be on the road constantly."
The 40-foot-long clinic, which resembles a large moving van, will be equipped with two exam rooms, an intake/vitals room, a patient education room and a lobby.
The clinic is being built in Ohio and should be delivered to the hospital next month. Valencia anticipates it will hit the road sometime in February or March.
"This is going to be a beautiful, state-of-the-art vehicle," Valencia said.
michael.sorba@inlandnewspapers.com
(909) 386-3872
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