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Shriners Hospital To Provide Free Medical Screenings
August 3, 2014
On August 5, medical staff from Shriners Hospitals for Children – Galveston will host a free screening clinic for children up to age 18 in Mobile.
The pediatric burn care center is internationally recognized for acute burn care and reconstructive surgery, but the hospital also provides expert care conditions that include pressure ulcers, infected wounds, amputations, microtia deformities, craniofacial deformities, hemangiomas, port wine stains, hairy nevus, soft tissue infections, toxic epidermal necrolysis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, epidermolysis bullosa and necrotizing fasciitis.
All care and services at Shriners Hospitals for Children – Galveston are provided regardless of the families’ ability to pay. Additionally, local chapters of Shriners International in Mobile, Biloxi, and Pensacola provide transportation to and from the hospital and assist in offsetting transportation costs.
“We are excited to have the opportunity to visit with families from various communities across Alabama, Mississippi and Florida,” said Mary Jaco, hospital administrator. “Our goal is to identify children with specialty needs and ensure that they receive the care they need regardless of their families’ financial situation,” Jaco continued.
The free screening clinic will be hosted on Tuesday, August 5 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Mobile chapter of Shriners International at 7701 Hitt Road in Mobile
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4 Responses to “Shriners Hospital To Provide Free Medical Screenings”
I am a Shriner and I have been to the hospitals with the patients. Most of the kids carry on like nothing is wrong. The great attitudes and the smiles the children have is what makes what we do all worth it. We do have 22 great hospitals and great doctors that provide the best care anywhere, All of this is at a cost of around 2 million dollars per day.
Thank you for all your wonderful work. I was one of the children that were helped. I was always made to feel comfortable and important. They just don’t see you but they make you part of their family. They give Christmas parties and gifts, as well as sport activities.
The Shriners is a wonderful organization my daughter has been with them for 16 yrs and they saved her ability to walk . We drive from pensacola to Tampa for her visit and it is worth every mile . The care those dr and nurses give the children is top notch . And not once have I or my family ever been made to feel like a charity case . I find it is actually better care then most dr she has seen in pensacola .
Thank you Shriners for all of the blessings. Thank you Northescambia.com for informing us of this wonderful opportunity.