The Muscular Dystrophy
Association operates an outpatient clinic at
Southeast Missouri Hospital to serve people in
southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, and western
Kentucky who deal with any of the more
than 40 neuromuscular diseases in MDA’s program.
The MDA-sponsored clinic will see patients
by appointment once each month.
The clinic will be held at Southeast Outpatient
Rehabilitation at HealthPoint Plaza in Cape.The
MDA-sponsored clinic will offer diagnostic and
follow-up care including the muscular dystrophies,
spinal muscular atrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth
disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease).
Physicians, including
a neurologist and a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, a nurse
coordinator, respiratory therapist and physical
therapist will provide services at the MDA clinic.
The clinic will
also offer access to such services as occupational
therapy, speech and language pathology and social
services consultations, as well as access to
other health specialists skilled in the medical
management of neuromuscular diseases.
"The MDA-sponsored clinic
at Southeast Missouri Hospital will enhance in
our community MDA’s delivery of important
health care services to adults and children with
neuromuscular diseases," Rene Goodman, MDA
District Director, said. "In addition to
top-rated medical services through MDA clinics,
MDA’s local office also offers support
groups, summer camps for youngsters, assistance
with purchasing durable medical equipment and
much more," said
Goodman. "Anyone whose doctor believes a
patient may have a neuromuscular disease in MDA’s
program is invited to contact our office to find
out how the Association can be of assistance." Those needing to obtain
a referral or to schedule an appointment at the
clinic should call MDA Health Care Service Coordinator
Lori Dobbs at MDA’s Cape Girardeau
office at 573-335-4400 for more information. The MDA-sponsored clinic is
one of some 230
MDA outpatient clinics that the Association maintains across the country. MDA
is a voluntary health agency working to defeat
more
than 40 neuromuscular diseases through programs
of worldwide research, comprehensive services,
and
far-reaching professional and public health education. The Association’s
programs
are funded almost entirely by individual private contributors. For more information
about MDA’s programs, click here to visit
their Web site. |
