With colder weather on its way to envelop Central Indiana, if you’ve been looking for an opportunity to receive free health screenings and free flu shots for yourself and members of your family, you need look no further.
Eskenazi Health Center Forest Manor in Indianapolis will host a Community Day Health Fair on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., where free health screenings and a limited number of flu shots will be available.
Health screenings provided during the health fair at 3840 N. Sherman Dr. will include blood pressure, oral health, BMI and more. Everyone attending the fair will have the opportunity to receive free giveaways and win door prizes.
The Community Day Health Fair will also offer free information about mental health, women’s health, health insurance, nutrition, Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, adolescent health and more.
The event is being planned by three Eskenazi Health Center locations: Eskenazi Health Center Forest Manor, Eskenazi Health Center Grassy Creek and Eskenazi Health Center North Arlington.
Additional services at the health fair include: diabetes education, dietetics consultation, prenatal ultrasounds and women, infants and children services provided by the Marion County Public Health Department.
Eskenazi Health Center Forest Manor offers a variety of services that include OB/GYN, mental health, optometry, primary care (pediatric, adolescent and adult), orthopaedics, medical-legal partnership and a pharmacy.
We urge everyone to join us at the Eskenazi Health Community Day Health Fair to meet our friendly and knowledgeable staff, and experience our outstanding health care facilities at Eskenazi Health Center Forest Manor. Our goal is for this event to be a catalyst that will encourage you to come to Eskenazi Health for all your future primary care needs.
Eskenazi Health primary care physicians see to it that patients get the right care, in the right setting, by the most appropriate provider, and in a manner consistent with the patient’s desires and values. Establishing a relationship with an Eskenazi Health primary care provider offers you consistency and efficiency on a number of levels. Familiarity with a primary care physician helps personalize your care and save time that may have previously been spent explaining medical history, personal preferences and who you are.
Primary care is vitally important because through routine check-ups Eskenazi Health primary care physicians can detect potentially serious problems early on and begin treatments. According to the American College of Physicians, adults in the U.S. who have a primary care provider have 19 percent lower odds of premature death than those who only see specialists for their care.
Another measurable benefit of consistent quality primary care is it lowers health care costs. People who have a primary care provider save 33 percent on health care over those who only see specialists. Access to primary care helps keep people out of emergency rooms, where care costs at least four times as much as outpatient care. If everyone would schedule an appointment with a primary care provider first for their care, the annual savings in the U.S. would add up to an estimated $67 billion.
For more information on the Eskenazi Health Community Day Health Fair on Oct. 6, and available services at Eskenazi Health Center Forest Manor, please call 317-541-3400.
If you have concerns or questions about your health, the health of someone in your family or are in need of a primary care physician for yourself or someone else, please call 317-880-7666 or visit www.eskenazihealth.edu/doctors.
Dr. Nydia Nunez-Estrada
Family Medicine Physician
at Eskenazi Health