Title: Where Can Undocumented Immigrants Go for Health Care? | Wellness | US News
Headings: Where Can Undocumented Immigrants Go for Health Care?
Where Can Undocumented Immigrants Go for Health Care?
Where Can Undocumented Immigrants Go for Health Care?
Where can undocumented immigrants go for health care?
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Content: Many large medical schools provide free health care through clinics staffed by medical and dental students, who are supervised by physicians who are part of the university’s faculty. At a building that once housed the District of Columbia’s now-defunct public hospital, Georgetown Medical School students run the HOYA Clinic, providing health care to poor patients, including undocumented immigrants. The facility takes patients two nights a week and provides many of the services available at community health centers, says Dr. Eileen Moore, the clinic’s medical director and associate dean for community education and advocacy at Georgetown University’s School of Medicine. The clinic treats many Hispanic immigrants from Central America, but also large numbers of patients from Africa and the Middle East, says Sarah Schuessler, a second-year medical student who volunteers at the clinic. The clinic uses a translation service to communicate with patients who speak little or no English. When they are serving such a patient, the clinic’s doctors call the service, and a translator helps the physicians and patient communicate. There are about 1,200 free clinics nationwide, according to the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics. 3. Hospital emergency rooms. Under federal law, hospitals that receive federal funding – and most do – are required to care for patients who need emergency care, regardless of their immigration status or whether they are insured, Ehlke says.