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Photos by Layla Farmer CCC Director of Operations David Henao and Executive Director Jim Robinson. Free East Winston clinic serves many people in need Community Care Clinic provides an ir array of services ?JBY LAYLA FARMER !0the chronicle ___ The Community Care Clinic on New Walkertown . Road is accustomed to open ? ing its doors to the people of I-Winston-Salem. A full serv ice free medical clinic, the JSCCC serves a customer base ?Jbf more than 13,000 local Residents, and gave away - more than $2 million in pre ' -scription medications last year alone. However, it opened its doors in a differ ent way on Tuesday, April 23, hosting a special open house in honor of national Cover the Uninsured Week. "Generally we do some thing each year and this ?^ear, the North Carolina ^Association of Free Clinics, decided they wanted to Vfrave an open house, just as '^an awareness-raising event for people, and publicize it across the state," explained I CCC Executive Director Jim ! Robinson. ; Similar events across the ; nation marked Cover the ? Uninsured Week 2007, with special programs designed to highlight the plight of uninsured citizens and the issues that contribute to their collective fates. The exact plumber of uninsured people ?giving in the US varies, but ?jail studies report that there J?ere tens of millions of citi Sfcens who fall into this- cate tory, and the numbers con nue to climb. Agencies like the CCC Sire working across the state. *^vhere healthcare statistics are equally dismal, with more than 240,000 children without health insurance and a whopping 16 percent of all citizens that are uninsured. J "In 69 communities, ?.there are free clinics where Volunteers w$rk to provide ^medical services to the unin sured, people with low incomes, who can't afford to .'?pay for health insurance and ?jlon't have (access to) gov ernment progran?s like 'Medicaid or Medicare," '?Robinson commented. "A *3ot of people Fall through the ^bracks and those are the peo *"ple we help. We're kind of a safety net for those people who really can't go out and buy access to care." Maria Huerta and daugh ter Ingrid Valencia, 13, are among the throngs of peo ple who depend on CCC for all of their medical needs. "I've (been) . coming almost two years - our friend tell us we have free service here, and- then I come." Huerta related. "It was very nice. I love how the doctors take good care. I recommend it (to friends) fill the time." With the help of more - than 100 local physicians who volunteer their services, the CCC is able to meet a Medical tech Norma Ortiz. wide variety of medical needs. General practitioners lend their expertise to the clinic, as well as dermatolo gists, neurologists, endocri-* nologists, ophthalmologists, and optometrists, to name a few. "We do the best we can for people, to help them," said Robinson. If the CCC cannot pro vide the services the patient requires onsite. they are referred through Health Care Access, an organization which Robinson founded, to get the care they need. "Health Care Access is ... a system where community physicians accept patients in their offices for things that we don't do here," he explained. "In general, we can take the person who needs care that we can't deliver here and send them out for referral to other posi tions and for hospital care, and they can get the care they need without having to --come up with money." Even a handful of den tists are on-call. allowing the CCC to provide dental clinic two days per week, although there is a great need for more dentists, according to David Henao, Director of Operations at the CCC. Henao gladly gave tours to anyone who ventured into the clinic Tuesday, showing off $ comprehensive and brightly decorated facility that he is obviously quite proud of. Despite the rising numbers of uninsured in tht city, Henao said he fears that the people who need the CCC most still may not know it exists. "I still think that many people don't know about our services, people that qualify to come to the clinic, people that need to see a doctor, people that can't afford to go somewhere else." he said. He expressed hopes that the open house would help get the word out about the clinic, as well as dispel some of the common misconcep tions about free medical clinics in general. "It's important so thaf they can come and take a look, see that this is like a real clinic, see a real build ing," he remarked. "We can offer many services, so I think, for the community in general, it's very important to know about this clinic." News Clips Shepherd's Center book sale upcoming The Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem will hold its 20th Annual Used Book Sale May 3-4 from 9 ajn. - 9 pjn.. and on May 5 from 8 am. - 1 pjn. The sale will be held in the Education Building at the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds Entrance Tor parking is through Gate 5 from Deacon Blvd (30th Street). There is no admission and there will be tens of thousands of used books and other items on hand The Shepherd's Center - an interfaith ministry whose mission is to support and pry mote successful aging through educational, service, volunteer and support programs for older adults 1 accepts donations of books year round and conducts its annual sale to raise operat ing funds for programs serving older adults. All proceeds go to support the ministry's programs and services with older adults in our community. For more information contact the Shepherd's Center at 748-02 1 7 or visit www.shepherdscen ter.org. Lottery terminals to spread Amber Alerts The N.C. Center for Missing Persons and N.C. Education Lottery have part nered to spread the word when children are abducted or endangered. As of May 1 , emergency notifications will appear on every lottery ter minal in the state when an AMBER Alert is issued. "The first few hours after a child is abducted are the most critical," said Btuts Secretary Bryan Beatty of the N.C. Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. "And the more peo ple you have looking for the abductor and child, the bet ter our chances are of find ing them safely. Spreading the word through the lottery terminals is an easy way to reacji thousands of people almost instantly." The electronic crawl message will first appear on the retail location's lottery terminal alerting the employee that a child has been abducted. The employ ee will be able to print out the details to provide to cus tomers. A&T employee earns PhJ). Dr. Tracie O. Lewis, a coordinator for distance learning for the division of information technology and telecommunications at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, successfully defended her dissertation titled, "The Preparation of Faculty to Teach Online." Lewis will ?.graduate from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with a Ph.D. in May. Lewis earned a B.S. degree in business education and a M.S. degree in instruc tional technology from N.C. A&T. She has been employed by the university since February 2005. Lewis provides faculty training for Blackboard. Carver grad complete* military training Army Pfc. Ale* Alas ha? graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier received training in drill and cere monies. weapons, map read ing, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fit ness, first aid. and Army histo ry, core values and traditions. Additional training included development of basic combat skills and battlefield opera tions and tactics, and experi encing use of various weapons and weapons defens es available to the infantry crewman. He is the son of Alex Lizama and Gloria Alas of Winston Salem. Alas is a 2005 graduate of Carver High School. Wake professor's work featured in magazine Paintings by Page Laughlin, professor and chair of the art department at Wake Forest University, are fea tured in the May issue of Traditional Home magazine. Laughlin's large-scale oil paintings are based on photos of room interiors. "My paintings examine the fantasies found in home interior magazines," Laughlin said. One of her paintings, "Mirror, Mirror 2000" is in the permanent collection at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Laughlin received her master of fine arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and her bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia. Laughlin, who has taught at Wake Forest since 1987, is also the Smith Young Family Research Fellow. Anesthesiology Cardiothoracic Surgery Cardiology Dermatology Emergency Medicine Endocrinology Family Medicine Gastroenterology General Surgery Geriatrics U "..'J 11 11 Hematology/Oncology Infectious Diseases InternaT Medicine Nephrology Neurology J NEUROSURGERY Obstethc^n^ynecolog^l Ophthalmology Orthopaedics Otolaryngology Pathology Pediatrics Plastic Surgery Psychiatry Pulmonary Medicine Radiation Oncology Radiology Rheumatology Urology EXPERIENCE + CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY = A CHANCE TO REGAIN YOUR LIFE IF YOU HAVE A BRAIN TUMOR, neurological disorder or spinal problem, you need a surgeon who has extensive experience plus access to the latest technology. And that's why people from around the country turn to the neurosurgery specialists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Cerjter for help. Our world -renowned neurosurgeons include: ? Experts who were the first in the area to offer radiosurgery and minimally invasive techniques for brain and spinal surgeries. ? A pediatric neurosurgeon - the only one in the region - who helps children with epilepsy through a special surgical procedure ? Members of one of the nation's most experienced Gamma Knife teams who help brain tumor patients without opening the skull. ? Specialists whose expertise with implanting deep brain stimulators has transformed the lives of people with Parkinson's disease and essential tremor o Physicians who developed image-guided surgery, a way to more precisely pinpoint and correct neurological problems. For more information about our services, visit our website at wfubmc. edu/neurosurgery And whatever your insurance, chances are we take it. KNOWLEDGE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. Standing, I tor. Or. Stephen Tatter. Dr. Thomas [His, Or. David Kelly tr? Or Steven Glazier. Dr. Thomas 5 weasey Sitting: Dr. Charles Branch Jr.. 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