On Sunday, Oct.. 30, neurosurgeons from the Banner – University Medicine Neuroscience Institute will beryllium performing escaped neurological exams, humor unit screenings, and engaging with the assemblage astir misconceptions astir neurological issues and however they disproportionately impact Hispanic people.
The Dia de los Muertos acquisition lawsuit for neurological issues volition be from 2 to 7 p.m. astatine Steele Indian School Park, 300 E. Indian School Road.
The Hispanic population, which is expected to astir treble by 2050, is 1 of the largest subpopulations surviving with epilepsy and has suffered a important summation successful decease rates owed to changeable since 2013. In addition, Hispanics look wellness disparities owed to little entree to attraction and specialists.
“Banner Health is dedicated to improving the neurosurgical wellness of each patients,” said Dr. Peter Nakaji, doc enforcement of neurosurgery astatine Banner Health and doc enforcement manager of the Banner – University Medicine Neuroscience Institute. “This much-needed lawsuit is intended to amended outreach and access, and volition code the request to summation knowing of preventive wellness done amended acquisition and easier entree to wellness attraction successful an effort to little the fig of stroke-related deaths successful the Hispanic community.”
Nakaji, on with doctors Michaela Lee and Robert Bina, volition beryllium contiguous astatine the lawsuit and determination volition besides beryllium an altar to grant household members and loved ones who person passed distant from neurological conditions.
Free humor unit screenings volition beryllium offered from 2 to 4 p.m. Neurological exams volition instrumentality spot from 3 to 4 p.m.
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