Team Captain: James Murphy
Team Members: Martin Engleder, Roneel Vasram, Anna Iacono, Natalie Cheong, Kenza Kabi, Sanju Prasad, Eugene Dictado, Magdalena Dobraszkiewicz, Stephanie Li, Kazumi Sato, Matt Cameron
As a not-for-profit organization, your generosity is the foundation of all the Street Side Medics services. Donations will allow them to continue providing their services to the homeless, by equipping their vans with necessary medical equipment and supporting their medical volunteers.
Team Members: Martin Engleder, Roneel Vasram, Anna Iacono, Natalie Cheong, Kenza Kabi, Sanju Prasad, Eugene Dictado, Magdalena Dobraszkiewicz, Stephanie Li, Kazumi Sato, Matt Cameron
As a not-for-profit organization, your generosity is the foundation of all the Street Side Medics services. Donations will allow them to continue providing their services to the homeless, by equipping their vans with necessary medical equipment and supporting their medical volunteers.
Street Side Medics is a not-for-profit mobile medical service dedicated to those experiencing homelessness and addressing barriers limiting accessing to healthcare.
Their primary objective to provide optimal healthcare to those who cannot afford it.
Lack of awareness of available service, prohibitive costs, lack of transport, level of documentation required, stigma and embarrassment, previous negative experiences and distrust all create barriers that prevent the homeless being able to access medical services.
Two customised mobile medical clinics currently reach the growing homeless community in Woolloomooloo, Parramatta, Manly and Brookvale. Each doctor in the van is an RACGP-accredited general practitioner and the vans are fitted with the necessary equipment to provide primary healthcare services, to the standard of a normal general practice. Furthermore, they have partnered with a number of homeless services in areas with demographically high concentrations of homelessness in order to improve patient participation. Finally, their services are of no personal charge to any patients regardless of healthcare status.
Their current services include (but are not limited to):
- Health examinations
- Diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions
- Producing and implementing healthcare plans
- Immunisations
- Pathology services
- Providing nutritional advice
- Minor surgical procedures
- Referring to appropriate medical sub-specialities
Additionally, they have partnered with a number of medical subspecialties and allied health professionals who will participate in clinics on a monthly basis. While they continue to expand their services, at present the following services are available:
- Cardiology
- Infectious Diseases
- Gastroenterology
- Allied Health Professions
- Physiotherapists
- Podiatrists
Watch here to see more about who they are and what they do:
You can view a walkthrough of the van here:
What more can we do?
Abbott SH is committed to giving back through volunteer opportunities that will be made available both at the 2022 ANZ Kick-Off and throughout the year.
Who else are Abbott SH supporting as part of the 2022 ANZ Kick-Off?
HeartKids
The Eloise Gannon Foundation
Abbott SH is committed to giving back through volunteer opportunities that will be made available both at the 2022 ANZ Kick-Off and throughout the year.
Who else are Abbott SH supporting as part of the 2022 ANZ Kick-Off?
HeartKids
The Eloise Gannon Foundation
Organizer
Natalie Cheong
Organizer
Macquarie Park, NSW
Street Side Medics Limited
Beneficiary