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Poor of Cooper Road
Due Free Medical Care
Free medical attention on an
out-patient basis became a
reality Monday for the many
impoverished residents of the
Cooper Road Community.
Some 17 patients — with
complaints ranging from dog-bite
to asthma, high blood pres-sure
and other ailments — filed
through the new Cooper Road
Clinic from 7 to 11 p.m.
Monday, its opening night.
The clinic, a brain-child of
Dr. Allen J. Herbert, chief
resident in p e d i a t r i c s at
Confederate Memorial Hospital,
is staffed by a corps of
volunteer nurses, doctors and
other workers and will be open
The doctor, a native of
Ruston, said he began work to
organize the clinic after he
learned of the need by the
many low-income families in
the Cooper Road Community.
He said 73 per cent of the
17,000 residents of the commu-nity
have incomes below the
poverty level and that many
are in need of medical attention
they cannot afford.
He said the project which
cluminated in opening of the
clinic began with "nothing but a
prescription pad and stetho-scope"
but that by last night
the facility was "pretty well
equipped" with tables, instru-ments,
supplies, tape, bandages
and even laboratory equipment.
"We can handle anything that
doesn't require hospitalization,"
he said.
Some 25 doctors and 25 nurses
have volunteered their services
at the clinic.
Residents Help
And Cooper Road residents
are doing their part for the
facility. Dr. Herbert said many
residents of the community
have volunteered to work as
receptionists and in other jobs
at the clinic.
Students and faculty mem-bers
of Southern University
have volunteered to provide
receptionists for the clinic for
the full month of April.
The Cooper Road Community
Advisory Board has provided
space for the clinic at the
Cooper Road Community Cen-ter
and smocks for the volun-teer
physicians.
Mr. Herbert said local phar-maceutical
firms have donated
drugs and supplies to the clinic
and equipment has come from
a variety of sources, including
local medical doctors.
In addition, the Shreveport
Medical Society is encouraging
local physicians to volunteer
their services to the clinic,
according to Dr. W. C. Carroll,
president.
Volunteers at the facility
include residents and interns
f r om Confederate Memorial
Hospital, staff physicians from
the LSU Medical School, LSU
Medical School students and
nursing students.
Object Description
| Title | Poor of Cooper Road Due Free Medical Care |
| Subject |
Cooper Road Medical Clinic (Confederate Memorial Medical Center – Shreveport, La.) Herbert, Allen J. |
| Date | 1972-09 |
| Identifier | See reference URL on the navigation bar. |
| Source | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport Medical Library (http://lib.sh.lsuhsc.edu) |
| Language | en |
| Relation | http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm4/index_LSUHSCS_NPC.php?CISOROOT=/LSUHSCS_NPC |
| Coverage-Spatial | Shreveport (Caddo, La.) |
| Rights | Physical rights are retained by Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. |
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