Mok, 51, a medical doctor who has a practice at 175 Lyell Ave., is among hundreds of medical professionals in Monroe County - no exact number is available - who give their expertise, pro bono, to people such as Hughes - people whom physicians commonly call the underserved, the working poor, the uninsured.
In all, medical professionals - physicians, dentists, radiologists, nurses and others - devote thousands of volunteer hours each year, treating people in need, charging nothing because the patients have little or nothing to pay.
In their volunteer work, medical professionals treat everything from toothaches to heart disease.
Some volunteer on the staffs at places that serve people in need, such as St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center, 417 South Ave., run by Sister Christine Wagner of the Sisters of St. Joseph.
Others see patients in their offices at no cost or at a reduced fee.
Art Streeter of the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency says about one in 10 people in Monroe County does not have medical insurance, so volunteer medical professionals are vital.
``Most of the physicians look at this (volunteering) as part of what being a physician is,’’ says Nancy Adams, executive director of the Monroe County Medical Society, a group of more than 1,700 doctors from Monroe and six other counties.
``In the old days, it was just common practice (for physicians) to give back. That philosophy didn’t just go away because there are programs available to patients,’’ such as Medicaid and Family Health Plus insurance plans, Adams said.
Making ends meet
Hughes , who has not had a steady job for two years, recently took on temporary work for Superior Staffing Services, 26 Corporate Woods.
It’s tough, says the Monroe Community College graduate.
``I can’t even get a job at Wendy’s (after applying more than once),’’ he says, but ``I feel good. I’m thankful to God.’’
Though Hughes wouldn’t reveal his salary, he says he doesn’t earn enough money in his temporary job to pay a doctor.
He helps take care of his mother, a breast cancer survivor who says even with Medicaid, she hasn’t seen a doctor in more than a year because she can’t afford to pay any percentage not covered by her insurance plan. Having Medicaid disqualifies her from pro bono services.
Yet she was thankful that Mok examined her son, who otherwise would not have received treatment.
``There isn’t many doctors that will see you if you don’t have insurance,’’ says Henrietta Hughes , 56. ``There’s doctors, just out of the compassion and goodness of his heart, that will give his service or her service, and I’m very grateful to God.’’
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CORRECTION Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (NY) - Wednesday, June 16, 2004 Author: DC, Cynthia Benjamin, Staff
Henrietta Hughes , 56, of Rochester has Medicare insurance. A story on Page 1F in the Our Towns section Wednesday described her health coverage inaccurately.
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Is this the same Henrietta Hughes who begged a house from Obaaa yesterday?
Wonder how Ms. Hughes scored tickets to ObamaPalooza?
I posted this on the other thread....I’m gonna put it here as well.
IN A PICK UP!(sorry Rush)
As the snow flies
At a used car lot on the edge of town
A sweet old lady and her deadbeat son
Buy a pick-up
And they drive with pride
Cause if there’s one thing that Florida needs
is another snowbird with 2 mouths to feed
In a pickup
I nominate this as find of the year, GF!
This might need some breaking news exposure to encourage further digging. Good find!
good sleuthing!
FYI .. very strange error message comes up at link ...........
liberrie card ping
Professional, multi state grifters.
Not stupid enough to be in Rochester in the winter. Why be in the cold when you is old?
She was on Medicare when only 56? How?
Interesting stuff here...I agree with the poster who said they appear to be traveling ACORN types.
“He said, ‘What’s your age? How old are you,’” is how she characterized the interview.
I call BS on this and her story)! There is not any personnel officer who would make that statement in his/her right mind, as it is against the law. It is fodder for a lawsuit for discrimination! They can't even ask your birth date until hired!..
yo——— Boma -— you better vet your stooges better
She’s a professional victim. She was a plant at this event. I’ll bet the staffers were interviewing for sob stories and she raised her hand.
Drudge should put this story up.
reference ping
Four in Your Corner’s Tyisha Fernandes talked to a volunteer named Tanya Johnson at the agency called ‘We Care Outreach Ministries’.
Fernandes said to Johnson, “I just don’t understand why a homeless person wouldn’t take housing”.
“That I really don’t know, but it was offered to her and she did stay in our facility and we have also put her up in a hotel, her and her son,” said Johnson.
“So when you heard her tell the president that she was homeless, what did you think? When you knew that you offered her services?” asked Fernandes.
Johnson answered, “Hmm, what did I think? Just that maybe the help that we had given her wasn’t enough and she was probably looking for more services.”
http://www.fox4now.com/Global/story.asp?S=9838598
Marked
Chicago low life thugs know how to play the game. Problems is, this isn’t Chicago monkey ears, this is America, many of us aren’t his Chicago pals, and he will be outed day after day. What a total POS this man is.
bookmark bump!