Ampla and Butte County Public Health offer primary care medical services

Patients regardless of socioeconomic or citizenship status can receive primary care services thanks to a joint collaboration between Ampla Health and Butte County Public Health.

'ampla health' is teaming up with butte county public health creating a mobile care facility for the homeless.

Action news now reporter brandon benitez joins us live in chico, brandon how does this work?

Here at the jesus center patients can come for a vairety of primary services including covid-19 testing... this service was a year in the making, even bbefore the pandemic... its funded through the homeless emergency aid package... it isn't just meant for the homeless.

Anyone can pull up to the facility... the jesus center is one of four areas this mobile unit will rotate around... the torres shelter, oroville hope center, and the oroville rescue mission... this really ties in with our mission.

Serving the entire population regardless of their ability to pay regardless of their socioeconomical status, whether they have housing or not, whether they have documentation or not.

We are here to serve absolutely everyone ampla and butte county public health work together with other agencies if a homeless person tests positive for the coronavirus... ampla health has a mobile medical services page with a calendar that shows you where the mobile unit will be on a monthly basis... valdez credits staff between ampla, butt county public health, and healthcare workers for making this possible... live in chico, brandon benitez action news now coverage you can count on... thanks brandon.

To access more information on ampla's mobile care unit -- go to the mobile medical page on ampla health dot-org.