CHRISTUS School Clinics
Providing Support for IMMTRAC Project
In mid-March, schools across the city shut down to protect students and staff from the spread of COVID-19. CHRISTUS School Clinics Medical Assistants are temporarily providing support to other missions, including CHRISTUS St. Mary’s Clinic and CHRISTUS Point of Light Clinic. CHRISTUS School Clinics’ Ursula Villarreal, Nohemi Flores and Denisse Hardy have undertaken a critical project for…
Read MoreThat’s Where I Belong
Annually, CHRISTUS School Clinics provide healthcare and counseling services to 16 Houston-area schools. For the last four years, Nohemi Flores has served as the medical assistant for two of those schools – St. Christopher Catholic School and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. Her days consist of everything from stomach aches to managing students with on-going…
Read MoreTeleMedicine Bridges Child Health Care
If you thought telemedicine was merely a matter of convenience, think again. Telemedicine is an emergent method of accessing healthcare for people who have a lack of resources or extenuating circumstances leading to health issues. Telehealth became a part of the medical treatment at the CHRISTUS School Clinics in 2014. Ashley Montalvo Estrada has been…
Read MoreCHRISTUS School Based Clinics Awarded $15,000 by Charity Guild of Catholic Women
On February 4, the Charity Guild of Catholic Women awarded $586,000 to 47 non-profit organizations to help children in need in the Greater Houston Area. The presentation took place at the Charity Guild Shop located at 1203 Lovett Blvd. The Charity Guild was originally founded in 1922 to support what is now the San José…
Read MoreCHRISTUS School Clinic Provides Safe Harbor for St. Pius V 6th Grader
These are the two words that make, 6th grader, Mia Hernandez feel safe; Mommy and Denisse. Now 11 years old, Mia recounted an ordeal that led her to add CHRISTUS School Clinic Medical Assistant, Ms. Denisse Hardy at St. Pius V, to the likes of her mother, aligning her name with a sense of safety.…
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