The initiative of the Territorial Health Community, CPTS Mulhouse Agglo, project leader, crisscrossed the priority Mulhouse districts, but is able to extend its action throughout the department.
Open to everyone, whatever the age, free and anonymous
The truck provides health checks, mammograms, retinal tests for diabetic people and disseminates a prevention message. It is open to everyone, whatever the age, free and anonymous. It is equipped with medical devices, such as a mammographer.
“We carry out preventive health interviews, with people who have often not seen a doctor for many years, in order to detect, raise awareness and orient patients towards their general practitioners,” explains Jérôme Flesch, president of the CPTS Colmar Agglo. It is sometimes very complicated to see a doctor. The region is not considered a medical desert, but in tension, particularly in certain sectors. Sometimes you have to wait up to a year for an appointment for a mammography, many women abandon ”. While for good prevention, the regional center for coordination for cancer screening advocates mammography every two years from 50 years.
“We also try to bring in care paths, people with apprehensions towards their state of health. If the path to better health is perceived as arduous by some people, the truck takes the road to meet them so that in terms of health everything.
