MCN provides free health screening and counseling

On Friday March 5, MCN coordinated two mosque outreaches to help promote health services tailored for Muslim New Yorkers. Working with the Dream Project and the Free Clinic as partners, MCN’s Adem Carroll arranged for several free health screenings (including pin-prick Diabetes testing and Blood pressure) to be provided free of charge at the Al Khoei mosque in Queens. Over 12 medical students (and professors) provided tests, results and detailed counseling to over 15 women and 27 men from the congregations.

MCN also arranged outreach on the same date, with Muslim medical students from NYU’s Heart2Heart providing blood pressure screening, as Ramzi Kacem from CUNY Law school providing a “Know Your Rights” training to 25 congregants in coordination with DRUM. MCN’s Megan Putney helped to supervise this successful initiative. Fliers on Nafis Salaam services were also given out to the two congregations.

Not bad for a two hour screen and our first time screening men and women separately.  We felt that we made a positive impact on the individuals that we saw today. We look forward to working with your community in the future!

Jesse and James, Free Clinic