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: they treat some indigent people at no charge. [See: Here's How People in 8 Other Countries Stay Healthy .] 2. Free medical and dental school clinics. 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.