Scott County Public Health, Grand Portage Reservation, Others Planned

Prior Lake, MN – This spring the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Mobile Unit will be kept busy providing services to Minnesota residents. In addition to the already announced collaboration with Scott County, the Mobile Unit will travel to northern Minnesota tribal communities on several occasions and provide services in the Twin Cities as well. The SMSC announces the upcoming spring schedule for its Mobile Unit, a combined project of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's Health Department and Mdewakanton Emergency Services.

The SMSC Mobile Unit is both a mobile medical clinic, which provides health screening, mammograms, prevention and education, treatment services, and a mobile incident command center which can be used to handle emergency situations like search and rescue, lost children, Incident Command support, and Medical Support for events.

“We’re happy to be able to provide our Mobile Unit to provide mammograms and other services to people who need them,” said SMSC Chairman Stanley R. Crooks.

Six hundred ninety-six mammograms were performed in 2010 aboard the SMSC Mobile Unit. A total of 2,658 mammograms have been performed aboard the Mobile Unit since operations began in 2007.  In addition, well child/lead health screenings, dental services, vision services, and diabetes management clinic have been held. The Mobile Unit also provides services to SMSC Community members, Native Americans who live in Scott County, and employees during monthly health screening events.

Below is the Spring 2011 Mobile Unit Schedule*:

Scott County Public Health Deployments:

2:00-5:00 p.m.

April 14                 Jordan Fair Grounds

April 28                 Savage Public Library                                     

May 12                 Shakopee Russian Church

June 2                   Jordan Fair Grounds

Other Deployments

• April 4-7, Red Lake Band of Ojibwe, St. Mary’s School (Red Lake), Dental
• April 16, Shepherd’s Path, Prior Lake, Live Well Event
• April 19-21, Grand Portage Band of Chippewa, Grand Portage Clinic, Dental/Diabetes/Vision
• April 27, Indian Health Board, Minneapolis, Mammograms
• May 5, St. Paul Public Health, Mammograms
• May 9, White Earth Reservation, Wellness Conference
• May 11, Fremont Clinic, Minneapolis
• May 20, United Family Clinic, Saint Paul, Mammography
• May 24-25, Grand Portage Band of Chippewa, Mammograms
• June 1, Dodge Center, Center Clinic, Mammograms
• June 3, United Family Clinic, Saint Paul, Mammography

For more information about the SMSC Mobile Unit visiting your community, go to www.mdfire.org or call SMSC Mobile Unit Coordinator Christine Michael at 952-233-2964.

*Schedule subject to change