Welcome to the St Anna's Medical Mission (NOAH)
Two Years after Katrina...
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The devastation of New Orleans is nowhere more evident than in it�s severely diminished capacity to provide medical care and assistance to all of its citizens. With three out of eight hospitals remaining open and a critically reduced number of physicians in the city, many New Orleanians, especially those immobilized by multiple and incalculable losses, find themselves too confused, weary or incapacitated to seek medical assistance. In the aftermath of Katrina, St. Anna�s Medical Mission fills a critical need: free stopgap healthcare services delivered directly to the poor and working class people repopulating Orleans, St. Bernard and Jefferson Parishes (compromising metropolitan New Orleans). |
| Equipped with a range of medical supplies, equipment and sample medications necessary to treat hypertension, hyperglycemia, colds, flu, cuts, rashes and other basic health problems, St. Anna�s medical van rotates through designated neighborhoods each week and provides health outreach through a staff nurse and the volunteer doctor, nurse, social worker or non-medical staff who are signed-on for that week.. The presence of a physician-volunteer is essential for maximizing the mobile unit�s contribution to community health through its ability to offer basic medical interventions and care. | 
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Are you a doctor? How you can help.
Our mobile medical outreach van travels to reach those residents of poverty stricken areas who may not be able to get to local health care clinics. But we need a physician on the van to help us deliver the highest quality care that we can. Every week that a doctor does not volunteer means that the medical van goes without a doctor. This means that the residents go without healthcare for the week and are at risk. (New Orleans Deaths Up 47%: USA Today, 6/22/2007) Read the article
We are asking that you donate a week of your time, your expertise and your caring to serve those that are in potential medical risk . You will get the satisfaction of knowing that you have made a difference in someone's life. And you will receive the gratitude of people who are still waiting for life to return to normal two years after Katrina struck. Volunteer