Health Center gets new look
By Gary Dunn
Special to the
Summer Forty-Niner
The Cal State Long
Beach Health Center is in the final stages of renovations, which should
be completed sometime by the end of August, said Renee Twigg,
director of health services.
Inside the new, and
still functioning facility, construction crews and lab technicians are
getting ready for the upcoming school year.
Two of the individuals
most involved in the centerís development, are Vic Cannon, budget and operations
coordinator and Gabriel Wilson, the network analyst.
"Our main goal is
to make the center more user friendly than it has ever been before," Cannon
said. "Basically, the whole building is remodeling, updating its technology
or becoming better equipped to handle patients faster."
Cannon said he wants
to inform students that the health center is capable of handling all types
of clinical or preventive health matters.
These may range from
treating scraped knees to receiving medications, or speaking to professional
doctors and advisors on-line or in person.
"The most important
renovation of the new facility is the 'Fast Track,'" Cannon said. "Simply
put, we want to serve more patients quicker and more effectively."
"In fact, all bathrooms,
counseling rooms, technical labs and nursing stations have been remodeled
and are loaded with the finest equipment from personal computer stations
to X-ray machines, a new pharmacy and a clinical laboratory," Wilson said.
"The building also
accommodates the physically challenged with ramp walkways and lowered counters,"
Cannon said. "It has got to be convenient for everyone who uses it."
The health center
will also offer the services of many various professionals.
"One wing of the
building will accommodate clinical practices; like the availability of
a dermatologist, an orthopedic doctor, a psychologist and a gynecologist,"
Twigg said. "While the other wing will be devoted to preventive medicines
such as pamphlets on diet, exercise, sexually transmitted diseases, alternative
medicines and family planning, just to name a few."
"Perhaps the section
of the center aiming to receive the highest accolades from the users and
from the university, lies in the state-of-the-art computer center and forthcoming
web page with access to a variety of certified health related links," Wilson
said.
"Students will have
access to the personal computers in the building should they want to log
on to the centerís web page and links. From there, treatments, counseling
or an examination can be reached just down the hall," Wilson said.
All of these services
are relatively inexpensive to students enrolled in the university.
"A tuition charge
of $35 covers most of the privileges, with the exception of prescription
medications," Twigg said. "But the prices for the medications will be significantly
cheaper than they would be at a local pharmacy." |
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