Sacred Heart Press Box: Sacred Heart Offers Free Screenings to Needy, Elderly, and Uninsured

Sacred Heart Health System’s mobile health unit will provide free health screenings in August at sites in Escambia County and Santa Rosa County.

The screening program targets persons who are poor, uninsured, or elderly.

At a few sites, the staff of Sacred Heart’s Mission in Motion bus will offer screenings to detect osteoporosis. At six other locations, Sacred Heart will provide screenings to measure blood pressure, blood sugar, total cholesterol and blood count. These blood tests are helpful in diagnosing conditions that put people at high risk for heart attack, stroke, anemia diabetes, and other health problems.

The monthly schedule is as follows:

• Aug. 1 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Little Flower Catholic Church, 65th Ave. and Lillian Highway, Pensacola. Blood tests.

• Aug. 7 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Alternative Health Food Store, 5533 Hwy. 90, Pace. Blood tests

• Aug. 8 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church, 401 Van Pelt Lane, Pensacola. Osteoporosis screening only.

• Aug. 9 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Pensacola Retirement Village, 1800 W. Moreno St., Pensacola. Osteoporosis screening only.

• Aug. 14 from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at Bethel Salone Church, 3307 Martin Luther King Drive, Pensacola. Blood screening.

• Aug. 15 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Century Seniors Center, 6025 Industrial Blvd, Century. Osteoporosis screening only.

• Aug. 16 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Pace First Methodist Church Seniors Center, Pace. Blood screening.

• Aug. 21 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Beulah Council on Aging, 7425 Woodside Road, Beulah. Osteoporosis screening.

• Aug. 22 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Milestone Aquatics Club, 35 New Market St., Cantonment. Blood screening.

• Aug. 24 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Cobb Center, 601 E. Mallory St., Pensacola. Blood screening.

Mission in Motion is a community service provided by Sacred Heart Health System in Pensacola. The mobile unit’s free services also are made possible by support from the law firm of Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin and McLeod, as well as the Gannett Foundation and other community donors. For more information, call (850) 416-7826.

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