Hurricane Katrina Also Destroyed Health Care
March 21, 2008
As of yesterday, heavy rains and melting snows brought rising floodwaters to the U.S., submerging areas stretching from the South through the Midwest towards the Northeast. Thousands of people were forced to flee 250 towns and cities. Images of people escaping their neighborhoods on rowboats and of the tornado that ripped through Atlanta last Friday may have evoked in some recent memories of another terrible weather event in a major Southern city.
This August will mark the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the costliest and one of the most deadly hurricanes in U.S. history. In 2005, the storm swept through coastal Louisiana and Mississippi, and Alabama.
Charity Fills the Gap in Health Care
March 3, 2008
Helicopters hover over the remote area. Impoverished locals who have gone months without access to much-needed health care look up and know help has arrived. Soon, the American doctors and their medicines and supplies will be dropped into these people’s midst and will set-up impromptu clinics where, after traveling up to 200 miles and waiting in line for hours, those who arrive first may finally get the health treatment for which they are desperate.
Where is this happening? The United States of America.
Remote Area Medical is a charity that was created to provide health care in Third World countries. Now 60% of its work is done in urban and rural America.
Faith-Based Health Care?
February 15, 2008
With the portion of non-elderly uninsured in this country at nearly 18%, one in five Americans must be wondering how they’ll get health care if they need it. ER rooms and walk-in clinics are a typical resource for folks who can’t rely on health insurance to cover their health care tabs. Churches, an age-old institution and social service provider, may now be ministering to the public in a new way: health care. According to a recent survey conducted by the National Council of Churches, about 70% of U.S. churches provide direct health care services via medical professionals to either their members or the community, with half offering such services to both. Services include counseling, medical tests, health education and vaccinations. These churches also help fund local clinics and provide financial aid for those with large medical bills.
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