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LAKEPORT, Calif. – At Lakeside Health Center, employees went to bat for Everett Fields to get him a new wheelchair.
Some years ago, Fields broke his back in a diving accident. He’s been using a wheelchair ever since.
At first, he said, he used a typical hospital wheelchair, but his life changed for the better when he got a lightweight chair; it made him more mobile.
Because Medicare only pays for a new wheelchair every five years, Fields must take good care of his equipment.
About a year ago, his old chair was wearing out and when he saw Dr. Jo Ann Rosenfeld at a medical appointment, she asked about it.
Fields was due for a new chair, so Dr. Rosenfeld and the team at Lakeside worked with Fields to request a new wheelchair.
Over the course of the year, each time Fields came in for a medical appointment, Dr. Rosenfeld would ask, “Did you get your wheelchair yet?” And the answer was always no.
This is when Dr. Rosenfeld began writing letters and making phone calls.
Even when patients meet the criteria for equipment or treatment, they still have to complete lengthy and sometimes complicated steps to get what they need.
Without the intervention of Dr. Rosenfeld and others, Fields probably would not have gotten a new wheelchair.
One of the requirements to get the new equipment is to get a physical therapy evaluation, so Dr. Rosenfeld set that up. Another is to complete several forms, which Fields did.
“Dr. Rosenfeld was great. She was really diligent about it. When I told her I still hadn’t gotten the wheelchair months later, she was flabbergasted,” Fields said.
Eventually, Fields got his new equipment, and he is very grateful. Dr. Rosenfeld described the color as “racing green.”
Fields says he has been coming to Lakeside for years, and that he appreciates how friendly the staff is and how quickly they always get him in to see the doctor.
“It’s a 10-minute wait. Tops!” he said. “I go right up to the desk and the whole staff is really good there. They’re very informative.”
He sais he definitely recommends Lakeside to his friends and family.
For more information about Lakeside Health Center, visit www.mchcinc.org or call 707-263-7725.
Lakeside Health Center is owned an operated by Mendocino Community Health Clinic, a local nonprofit organization providing access to health care for all.
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UKIAH, Calif. – When David Chan, DO, left the Ukiah Valley 12 years ago he didn’t quite know where his path would lead.
He knew he wanted to join the medical profession, but really didn’t have any idea of where his adventure would take him.
So with that goal in mind he left the Ukiah Valley to pursue his dream.
With his dream in mind, Dr. Chan set out for Southern California and became a doctor of osteopathy at Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona.
Deciding to specialize in internal medicine, Dr. Chan moved to the north side of Chicago to complete a residency training program in internal medicine at the University of Chicago Northshore Hospital in Evanston, Ill.
When it came time to determine where his dream would take him next, Dr. Chan said, “Ukiah just kept sounding better and better. Though I grew to love Chicago, I remember what it was like having a closely knit small community to grow up in, and I loved it – I want my family to experience this same joy I had as a child. As a former Ukiah Puma, Pomolita Panther, and Ukiah Little League ballplayer, returning home brings back many wonderful memories that I look forward to sharing with my wonderful wife, Stephanie (who will also be joining the medical staff later this year), and our first child who is on the way.”
Returning home means so much more because he will also be continuing the legacy of his father, family practitioner, Theron Chan, MD, who has been providing high quality medical care for 36 years.
“I am proud of my son because he has become a man of compassion with a good heart,” the elder Dr. Chan said.
Likewise for the younger Dr. Chan, “I’m very excited to be working alongside my father [Dr. Theron Chan] with a goal of providing the same high quality care to our community.”
As for what types of patients Dr. David Chan enjoys seeing, “I chose internal medicine as my specialty because it really allows me to treat a wide variety of conditions, while at the same time developing life-long relationships with my patients.”
Dr. David Chan is now accepting new patients at the Ukiah Valley Rural Health Center Internal Medicine Office located at 260 Hospital Drive, Suite 103, in Ukiah.
He specializes in diagnosing, treating, and caring for complex diseases affecting adults.
To schedule an appointment please call 707-463-7490.
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