Free preventive health care available through expansion of Project Health Start.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 1995--With national health care reform all but defeated in the Congress, access to health care has never been in greater demand. Alexian Brothers Hospital Foundation is responding to the health care needs of its community by announcing that it is expanding enrollment of its innovative well-baby care and immunization immunization: see immunity; vaccination. program, Project Health Start(TM). Prior to today's announcement, Project Health Start provided free preventive health care for infants up to age two. Coverage of the program is now being expanded to age five in order to provide care for a greater number of children for a much longer period of time. Project Health Start is aimed at families that earn too much money to qualify for state-funded Medi-Cal, but not enough to afford private health insurance. "These are the children who fall through the cracks," said Steve McCoid, President of Alexian Brothers Hospital Foundation. "Needless to say, we are thrilled to provide services to even more children through the age of five." The program, formed in 1991, currently provides free access for over 150 children to regular pediatrician check-ups, visits for sicknesses and a schedule for immunization shots to protect from infectious diseases infectious diseases: see communicable diseases. . Project Health Start if funded by charitable donations from the community, as well as from corporate sources including IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , LifeScan, Network General and Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. . Steven Fertitta, Alexian Brothers Hospital Foundation Board Member and Chair of the Project Health Start Committee, explains, "It became apparent that many children in the program would be turning two and going off the program before their parents' financial situation changed to allow them to afford insurance. We have the resources to expand the program, so we decided to commit to it." Interested applicants for Project Health Start are encouraged to contact the Alexian Brothers Hospital Foundation at 408/251-4900 for more information. Alexian Brothers Hospital was founded in 1965 by the Alexian Brothers congregation of the Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church, Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. . The 204-bed facility has a staff of 699 full-time employees and 340 professional medical staff specializing in 21 fields of medicine, dentistry and podiatry podiatry (pōdī`ətrē, pə–), science concerned with disorders, diseases, and deformities of the feet, also called chiropody. Podiatrists treat such common conditions as bunions, corns and calluses, and ingrown toenails. . The hospital is owned and operated by Alexian Brothers Health System, Inc. CONTACT: Alexian Brothers Hospital Foundation Steven Fertitta, 408/377-6852 Pacifico, Inc. Matthew Bell For the early Canadian businessman and politician, see Mathew Bell. Matthew David Bell (born 25 February, 1977 in Dunedin) played 13 Tests and seven one-day internationals for New Zealand. , 408/293-8600 |
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