HealthServe comes to the Winter Series
Armed with stethoscopes and blood pressure cuffs, medical staffers from the HealthServe Community Clinic paid a visit to this week’s Winter Series at the downtown library. While diners enjoyed the vegan meal prepared by members of Food Not Bombs, they also had the chance to talk with a nurse and have their vital signs checked. Brochures on the tables described the clinic’s services for uninsured and underinsured Greensboro residents.
Many of the guests at the Winter Series are homeless, and HealthServe is their primary source of health care. One of the guys sitting by me at dinner was skeptical that the clinic would really provide services for people with no money. (Yes, they really will.) But after he agreed to have his blood pressure checked and he got a good report from the nurse, we did manage to get a smile out of him. 