BEDLAM HEALTH CARE CLINIC FACT SHEET

• The word “bedlam” stems from the word “Bethlehem,” meaning “house of bread.”

• The primary goals of the clinic are to provide the indigent, working poor and uninsured of Tulsa with the primary health care they need and to alleviate the stress on local emergency rooms stemming from the uninsured seeking non-emergency care.

• The clinic, located at 2815 S. Sheridan, is open from 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• Patients are seen on a first come, first served basis.

• Some medicines will be available either at the clinic or at pharmacies that have agreed to fill a limited number of prescriptions written at the clinic.

• General practice physicians as well as specialists, including oncologists, dermatologists and cardiologists, staff the clinic. So far, 150 physicians have volunteered to work 3,000 hours.

• Students in the OU nursing, pharmacy, public health, social work and allied health programs also volunteer their time.

• Eight paid staff members provide consistency to daily operations.