Locals help at LA clinic
Deborah Wright-DeMaderios, RAM founder Stan Brock and Don DeMaderios pause a moment at a record-breaking free clinic.Hermosans Don and Deborah Wright-DeMaderios recruited and organized a team of optometrists, ophthalmologists and technicians for a seven-day free clinic at the L.A. Sports Arena, which broke previous records for the nonprofit Remote Area Medical organization. The medical, dental and vision clinic ended May 3 after providing eye exams for 3,331 people, most of whom received prescription glasses. In one day alone, volunteers examined 572 eye patients. “The Remote Area Medical event in Los Angeles broke all RAM records for eye exams…The total patient count was 6,587, so over half of the patient population came for vision care and received it from a host of dedicated volunteer providers,” said Stan Brock, the organization’s founder. Wright-DeMaderios organized a volunteer team of 420 vision physicians and optical techs, and 110 additional volunteers. “Many of the patients we examined were working class people who were under insured and have not had an eye exam in several years and could not afford a new pair of glasses,” she said. “The appreciation expressed by the…
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