Health
Services offers affordable and quality
By Miguel Lopez
On-line Forty-Niner
The
Student Health Center is not only close
but provides all types of health care services
while not overcharging.
Health Services provides quality care to
Cal State Long Beach students through the
$35 health fee paid for each semester through
tuition. While Health Services suggests
appointments, walk-ins are welcomed.
Some of the free basic services provided
by the Health Services are outpatient treatment
of sudden or average illness and injury.
Free dermatology, orthopedics and psychiatry
are available by referral from a Health
Services doctor or nurse also.
“Most of our services are free to students,”
said Clinical Director and Nurse, Larry
Harvey. “Usually the only fees paid are
for medicine or lab tests.”
Women’s health such as annual examinations,
Pap smears, related lab test and contraceptive
services are free except for a small fee
for pharmacy and lab work.
Basic medical care for men’s health issues,
such as illness and sexual health, is free
as well. However, a small fee will be charged
for pharmacy and some lab work once again.
The Health Resource Center is located within
the Student Health Center on the second
floor, room 268.
Prescriptions, over the counter medications
and contraceptives cost slightly lower than
local pharmacy prices.
Laboratory tests at Health Services are
available when medically indicated and ordered
by a Health Services doctor or nurse. The
basic lab service is free, but outside labs
are at the Health Services cost $1 or more.
According to Harvey, students like the fact
that everything that occurs at the Student
Health Center is confidential.
“When students fill out the information
sheet they can indicate if it’s a personal
matter so that only the student and the
Doctor know the problem,” Harvey said.
The Health Resource Center provides students
with more detailed health information than
the Student Health Center offers. Programs,
services and workshops are offered to increase
health awareness.
Appointments can be made to see a doctor
at the center by calling the Student Health
Center.
Sexual Health Awareness Workshop is offered
through the center, which is required for
females looking to obtain prescription birth
control from the Health Services. The workshop
has to be attended before the prescription
is given. The first Sexual Health Awareness
Workshop is scheduled for Tuesday Sept.
10.
The fall semester hours for the center are
Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 8 a.m. to
6 p.m., Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and
Fridays 8 a.m. to noon. For more information,
please call (562) 985-1638. |
