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RAM's 2010 Schedule is posted here.
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To watch the RAM segment that appeared last year on the CBS NEWS television program 60 MINUTES please CLICK HERE
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Donations to support the work of RAM volunteers can
be mailed to:
Remote Area Medical Foundation
1834 Beech Street
Knoxville, TN 37920
1-877-5RAMUSA
865-579-1530
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HAITI EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE
RAM is continuing to support relief efforts in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Haiti. We are currently requesting that donations be in currency only. We are organizing teams of healthcare professionals, including pharmacists and pharmacy techs. If you are a physician, nurse, pharmacist, X-ray tech, or other licensed provider, you can register here for Haiti relief expeditions. Updates on RAM Haiti relief efforts are posted here. A PASSPORT IS REQUIRED FOR ANY TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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TEEN WORLD-CHANGERS SPONSORS RAM’S GRUNDY, VIRGINIA, CLINIC
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Two years ago, eight girls in New York formed their own charity which they named One Is Greater Than None and have selected Remote Area Medical’s Rural AMerica program to be the U. S. component of their philanthropic efforts. Check out their website, oneisgreaterthannone.org, to learn about these 16-year-olds who are saving children halfway around the world and encouraging other young people to get involved locally and globally. Lead on, 1>0 ! |
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RAM LA Results
The following totals are from patient records in hand and, due to an unknown number of misplaced papers and lost data, are lower than actual numbers.
6,344 patients registered for 14,561 patient encounters (approximately 2.3 services per patient)
3,827 volunteers, largely non-medical support (It is believed that patient encounters could have doubled if medical professionals licensed in states other than California had been allowed to volunteer their services at this clinic.)
3,182 dental patients – 2, 274 teeth extracted and 5,438 teeth saved, 1,889 cleanings
2,266 vision care patients with 1,984 pairs of prescription eyeglasses made on site and fitted
8,775 general medical visits
Total value of care: $2,821,383
Thanks to everyone who made it possible for so many to receive so much during Remote Area Medical’s 8-day free clinic at The Forum in Inglewood, CA.
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Donors
Needed
Remote Area Medical depends heavily on people like
you. Please make your generous contribution now so that
our all-volunteer organization can continue to provide
free health care services (dental, vision, medical,
and veterinary) to those who are under-employed or under-insured.
Over 90% of unrestricted donations go directly to service
programs. Over 60% of our programs are based in poverty
areas of the United States.
Remote Area Medical, Inc., and Remote Area Medical
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The Guyana
Cervical Cancer Program Wish List is posted here in Excel
format.
We have posted a printable
brochure summarizing the Women's Health needs in Guyana
and RAM's response. You can download it here.
Please contact Guyana Cervical Cancer Program Director,
Rebecca Kightlinger, DO (rkightlinger@virginia.edu)
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RAM in the Media
Links to media reports about Remote
Area Medical have been assembled here.
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Letters
Occasionally, we receive letters from patients and
from volunteers, expressing their reaction to the free
care we provide or their experience of service. We have
posted some of them here.
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| Announcements |
UPCOMING Expeditions:
Our next Tennessee expedition will be at Jefferson County High School, Dandridge, TN on February 20-21 2010. Please see our schedule for additional upcoming expeditions.
RAM on Twitter:
twitter.com/ramusaorg
RAM West Palm Beach Rescheduled:
Due to a serious medical emergency suffered by the local organizer, the RAM expedition to West Palm Beach County, Florida, has been rescheduled for April 10 & 11, 2010. Please watch this page for updates.
RAM Newsletter
We are using our mailing list to keep interested
people informed of RAM activities. If you haven't
received any newsletters from us, and would
like to, please join our mailing list by filling
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of this page.
Submissions
Invited!
If you have volunteered with RAM and have written
a journal or other review of the experience,
we invite you to submit it for possible inclusion
in either the website or the newsletter. Please
send any such correspondance to newsletter@ramusa.org.
Not all submissions will
be published, and RAM retains the right to edit
contents for clarity and accuracy.
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