If a sibling has the flu or another communicable disease it will affect the other children. So we try to get the family well. In March of 1997 we opened a bilingual community health center on Pulaski Highway to serve the Hispanic Community. All the practitioners at this center speak Spanish. We feel that it is important that people be able to receive medical care in their neighborhood if possible.
All hospitals do charity care.
No one is turned away from GBMC's emergency room because they can not pay. If they need to be admitted, then we will admit them. If they can't pay we write off the costs.