6/3/15 Free Health Clinic in Van by Andrew D. Brosig
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Alexander Grandy, 5, left, peers into his mother, Sarah's, mouth while Texas Department of State Health Services dentist Dr. Joshua Liescheski checks her teeth during initial screening Wednesday at the free clinic at Van Junior High School. Sarah Grandy came to the clinic complaining of general sensitivity in her teeth because the family health insurance covers the children, but not her or her husband for dental services. Dr. Liescheski said the only problem he found was a missing filling, which was replaced by third-year dental students from the Baylor School of Dentistry in Dallas, working just down the hall. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Alexander Grandy, 5, left, peers into his mother, Sarah's, mouth while Texas Department of State Health Services dentist Dr. Joshua Liescheski checks her teeth during initial screening Wednesday at the free clinic at Van Junior High School. Sarah Grandy came to the clinic complaining of general sensitivity in her teeth because the family health insurance covers the children, but not her or her husband for dental services. Dr. Liescheski said the only problem he found was a missing filling, which was replaced by third-year dental students from the Baylor School of Dentistry in Dallas, working just down the hall. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
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Alvin Grandy, 1, hangs upside down in his mother, Sarah's, lap as she talks with dental hygienists Ana Laura Ruid, left, Jordan Smith and Paige Carroll in one of the converted classrooms at Van Junior High School on Wednesday in Van. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
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The gymnasium at Van Junior High School has been converted into a temporary dental services office on Wednesday for the annual free health clinic. Advance dental students, their instructors and volunteer dentists from Baylor University in Dallas travelled by charter bus and are staying on cots in the school to provide services to people without insurance. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Staff from the Northeast Texas Public Health District assist women seeking mammogram and PAP test services during the free clinic on Wednesday at Van Junior High School. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
A list of just a few of the services available at the free health clinic hangs on the wall of the gymnasium at Van Junior High School on Wednesday, the first day of the annual event, pointing patients where they need to go. The clinic runs through Saturday. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Patients fill out paperwork as they wait for blood screening tests on their way through the free clinic Wednesday in the junior high school gymnasium in Van. The clinic last year saw more than 800 patients over its four day run, said Stephanie Taylor, from the Northeast Texas Public Health District, one of the hosting agencies for the event. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Alvin Grandy, 1, left, takes in the activity in the gymnasium at Van Junior High School while mom Sarah begins her wait to see a dentist on Wednesday during the free clinic. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
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Sarah Grandy and her kids, at left, wait in line for basic blood tests with fellow patients Karina Capulin of Mineola, James Stewart and Jessica Chambers, both of Van, as they make their way through the process for medical services for the clinic in Van on Wednesday. This is the third year for the clinic, which opened Wednesday and runs through Saturday. No appointments are necessary and patients are seen on a first come, first served basis, said Stephanie Taylor, from the from the Northeast Texas Public Health District, one of the hosting agencies for the event. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
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Jenna Bixby, left, a nursing student at University of Texas at Tyler, weighs and measures Sarah Grandy at the start of the screening process for medical services during the clinic on Wednesday at Van. UT-Tyler, University of Texas Health Northeast, Tyler Junior College and the Baylor School of Dentistry in Dallas provided future doctors, nurses, dentists and more to help with the clinic, in its third year in Van this year. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
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Sarah Grandy, right, corrals her children, from left, Alvin, 1, Amara, 3, and Alexander, 5, while registering for free dental services with the help of Sonya Keeler, left, of the Texas State Department of Health Services on the first day of the free clinic at the junior high school in Van on Wednesday. Mrs. Grandy has insurance which covers dental care for the children, but not for herself, so she decided to sign up for the clinic after hearing about it in church. The Grandy's live in East Tawakoni in Rains County. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Patients line up outside the gymnasium Wednesday, waiting to register for free health services during the annual clinic at the junior high school in Van. The clinic opened Wednesday and runs through Saturday with dental, medical and social services just a few of the items on the list. Last year, the clinic saw about 800 patients during its four-day run, said Stephanie Taylor with the Northeast Texas Public Health District, one of the hosting agencies for the event. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Patients line up in the gymnasium lobby Wednesday to register for a free medical clinic at the junior high school in Van. This is the third year for the clinic, which runs on a first come, first served basis through Saturday. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
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Dr. Paul McGaha, center, talks to a group of medical residents before patients start arriving Wednesday at the free medical clinic at Van Junior High School in Van. McGaha serves as medical director for the clinic, which runs through Saturday, bringing together health professionals and advanced students from different agencies to provide services to people who don't have insurance. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Sarah Grandy of East Tawakoni plays with one-year-old Alvin while waiting to be seen by the dentist on Wednesday at the free health clinic at Van Junior High. For the third year in a row, Northeast Texas Public Health District, Texas Department of State Health Services and more came together to offer health, dental, vision and hearing services and more to uninsured and underinsured individuals throughout the region. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
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