Mobile clinics provide COVID-19 testing and vaccinations in Mt. Olive Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine’s brand new Mobile Health Education Clinics (MHEC) debuted in June during a week-long local mission trip serving migrant farm workers and their families in Mt. Olive, NC. Overall, the team provided health assessments, COVID testing, and administered the Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine for 76 patients. They enrolled 100 patients, including children, for continued follow-up and primary care through the Department of Global Health’s mobile and free clinic offerings. The MHEC fleet includes two 40-ft. units and a 26-ft. unit. The 40-ft. units each have two full-sized treatment rooms and are equipped to provide any service available in a family practitioner’s office, from general health screenings to minor surgical procedures.
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“This has afforded us the ability to really expand,” shared Dr. Joe Cacippoio, chair of community and global health and associate professor of emergency medicine. “We are 100% fully equipped to do full-fledged primary care for communities that have no access to healthcare otherwise.” “This [first trip] has been a real success,” he continued. “We’re identifying so many people that really need ongoing care. I think I’m going to have an overbooked clinic for the next several weeks!” CUSOM’s medical outreach team worked alongside two other NGOs throughout the week that were providing diapers
