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Rahim put out a call for healthcare workers to help | Rahim put out a call for healthcare workers to help | ||
meet the overwhelming need. The clinic started as a | meet the overwhelming need. The clinic started as a | ||
first aid station with the arrival of street medics, best | |||
known through the anti-globalization movement. | known through the anti-globalization movement. | ||
The clinic was originally set up in a mosque, with | The clinic was originally set up in a mosque, with | ||
space being generously donated by the Masjid Bilal. | space being generously donated by the Masjid Bilal. | ||
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60,000 patient visits- all at no charge to the patient.” | 60,000 patient visits- all at no charge to the patient.” | ||
In addition to receiving | In addition to receiving patients at the clinic, the | ||
patients at the clinic, the | Common Ground healthcare workers acted as mobile first | ||
Common Ground healthcare | responders to emergencies in the weeks and months after | ||
workers acted as mobile first | the hurricane. As Noah and Grace share with us in their | ||
responders to emergencies in | interviews, the community also possessed a large | ||
the weeks and months after | and informal preexisting network (unaffiliated with the clinic), which allowed | ||
the hurricane. As Noah and | |||
Grace share with us in their | |||
interviews, the community | |||
also possessed a large | |||
and informal preexisting | |||
network ( | |||
individuals to rely on one another for early response to | individuals to rely on one another for early response to | ||
crises, as well as limited treatment and transportation in | crises, as well as limited treatment and transportation in | ||
Latest revision as of 03:45, 1 January 2014
URL = htt p://www.commongroundclinic.org/
Description
rosehipmedics:
"“The Common Ground Health Clinic started on September 9, 2005 just days after hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. Due to the humanitarian disaster and apparent lack of governmental response, two community activists, Sharon Johnson and Malik Rahim put out a call for healthcare workers to help meet the overwhelming need. The clinic started as a first aid station with the arrival of street medics, best known through the anti-globalization movement.
The clinic was originally set up in a mosque, with space being generously donated by the Masjid Bilal.
Nurses, physicians, herbalists, acupuncturists, EMTs, social workers, and community activists came from around the world to volunteer at Common Ground Health Clinic. To date, the clinic has recorded over 60,000 patient visits- all at no charge to the patient.”
In addition to receiving patients at the clinic, the Common Ground healthcare workers acted as mobile first responders to emergencies in the weeks and months after the hurricane. As Noah and Grace share with us in their interviews, the community also possessed a large and informal preexisting network (unaffiliated with the clinic), which allowed individuals to rely on one another for early response to crises, as well as limited treatment and transportation in the event of non-life-threatening emergencies." (http://www.rosehipmedics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Alt2EMSdigitalprintMay9.pdf)