카테고리: Patient Story

불안과 우울증은 BVMI 환자들에게 흔히 나타나는 증상입니다. 이들은 모두 빈곤 속에서 살아가는 어려움에 매일 힘겹게 맞서 싸우고 있으며, 많은 환자들이 트라우마와 학대를 경험했습니다. 리바는 BVMI의 도움 덕분에 그 어느 때보다 희망을 느끼고 있는 환자 중 한 명입니다.

Meet Blanca. Her story is a work in progress. She’s a hard working mom who holds down two jobs while caring for her husband and two children.

Irene is 40-year-old single mom with diabetes who became a patient earlier this year. Like so many BVMI patients, Irene lives on the edge. BVMI is her lifeline to better health.

When Juana needed to see a doctor, her daughter found BVMI. Using what she’s learned in BVMI’s Prevent Diabetes Program, Juana is feeling healthier physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Martha is a 75-year-old patient whose serious health issues went untreated because she didn’t have health insurance. In 2015, she became a patient at BVMI, and was diagnosed with aortic stenosis and heart failure, serious cardiac issues that needed immediate attention.

Lee became a BVMI patient in 2019. At her first wellness visit, she told her doctor than she has a family history of breast cancer, but had not had a mammogram in many years because she had no health insurance.

Luis는 거의 70세이며 이 지역에 친척 없이 혼자 살고 있습니다. 그는 당뇨병과 관절염이 있지만 건강 보험은 없습니다. 그는 일자리가 있을 때 일합니다.