Health Fair Addresses Pomona's Need for Health Insurance, Health Care Resources
In an effort to reach the 30 percent of Pomona Unified School District
families who currently are without health insurance, Western University of
Health Sciences, in conjunction with Assemblymember Gloria Negrete McLeod,
will host a Healthy Families Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday,
January 19.
Held at the Western University Medical Center on 360 E. Mission Blvd., the
event is designed to educate families on health insurance opportunities
and local resources. Representatives from nearly every side of the health
care arena will be present to provide literature and enrollment services
to attendees of the event. Participating groups include: Western
University Medical Center, Pomona Valley Hospital, Access Dental Care,
Health Net, House of Ruth, Tri-City Mental Health, YMCA, Red Cross,
Project Sister, Healthy Families and the Pomona Police Department.
Western University students, faculty and local physicians from the Pomona
Community Health Action Team (PCHAT) also will be on-hand to provide
health screenings for blood pressure and scoliosis. To the first 500
attendees, members of PCHAT will give free flu vaccinations donated by
Aventis Pharmaceuticals.
“”We need to create an awareness of the available opportunities in health
care for the underserved families of this community,”” said Dr. Alan
Cundari, Western University Medical Center director and family medicine
department chair. “”Many of them are only seeking a friendly face in a
clinical setting and that is what we provide in addition to compassionate
and critical care.””
The Western University Medical Center was founded in 1984 and is an
ambulatory, primary care medical center which addresses the health care
needs of the Pomona area’s less advantaged communities while serving as an
educational tool for the university’s students.
For more information on the services provided, contact Jill McGougan,
field representative for Assemblymember McLeod, at (909) 621-2783.
