On Saturday, April 20, at the Mu Dan Hall (Queens Crossings), Flushing Hospital participated in the American Cancer Society’s “Community Health Day.” The purpose of the event was to provide much needed health information and services to the under-served Asian immigrant community.

In past years, the American Cancer Society and Flushing Hospital have organized health fairs in different communities with participation from many community health organizations, local businesses, social services agencies and volunteer health care providers. Every year, over 700 community members attend these health fairs. For “Community Health Day,” Flushing Hospital  provided blood pressure and blood glucose screening, administered by a member of the hospital’s nursing staff, to determine the possibility of hypertension or diabetes in the person being screened. Oral screenings for general dentistry and oral cancer were also performed. Being sensitive to the language barrier that may have existed, Flushing Hospital’s medical professionals worked with a translator to make sure that each person screened fully understood the results of their testing.

Flushing Hospital is proud to participate, annually, in this event and looks forward to a continued relationship with the American Cancer Society.