Mobile medical clinic to come to South L.A.



Free health services are coming to South Los Angeles next month.

Lawmakers announced Wednesday that the Remote Area Medical mobile clinic will be setting up shop at the Los Angeles Sports Arena from April 27 to May 3.

Last summer, the Remote Area Medical clinic at the Forum in Inglewood drew in 6,300 uninsured and under-insured people.

It was the largest in Remote Area Medical history, eliciting the help of 3,827 volunteers to provide $2.8 million in free services.

Unfortunately, the demand was higher than the supply.  Last year’s mobile clinic had to turn away thousands.

This year, Remote Area Medical is attempting to engage enough doctors, dentists, and healthcare professionals to treat and feed 1,200 people a day.

“When you turn away as many thousands of people are we did, and I was unfortunately the person who had to go out and give them the bad news, you want to go back and say, ‘Let’s try it again,’ ” Stan Brock, a Remote Area Medical sponsor, said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. “These were nice folks. It never ceases to amaze me, every time we do one, the condition of people in this country and how many cannot get the basic care they need.”

For more information, check out Remote Area Medical’s website.