Healthcare access has improved for approximately 2,000 Native Americans in rural Nevada thanks to the introduction of a new mobile medical clinic by the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Health Clinic. The clinic was unveiled during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, June 10.
Joy Schultz, an RN at the clinic, emphasized the mobile unit’s role in reaching patients who cannot visit the clinic. “For those who can’t make it into the clinic, we want to reach people where they are at,” she said. The mobile clinic, a converted F550, will provide a range of services, including immunizations, lab testing, physician and nurse visits, wound care, and prescription medicine distribution.
The project was funded by a $672,950 emergency rural healthcare grant. USDA Rural Development Undersecretary Basil Gooden attended the ceremony, highlighting the initiative’s impact on underserved communities. “Knowing that this opportunity will be brought to some of those communities is a game changer,” Gooden remarked.
The mobile clinic will serve the Fallon Paiute Shoshone tribe, the Lovelock Paiute tribe, and the Yomba Shoshone tribe, covering approximately 200 miles of territory.
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