카테고리: Patient Story

Anxiety and depression are common in BVMI patients. All struggle daily with the challenges of living in poverty. Many are immigrants who suffered trauma in their home country or on their journey to the US. Riva is one of those patients who are feeling more hopeful than ever thanks to the help she’s received from BVMI.

Meet Blanca. Her story is a work in progress. She’s a hard working mom who holds down two jobs while caring for her husband and two children.

Irene is 40-year-old single mom with diabetes who became a patient earlier this year. Like so many BVMI patients, Irene lives on the edge. BVMI is her lifeline to better health.

When Juana needed to see a doctor, her daughter found BVMI. Using what she’s learned in BVMI’s Prevent Diabetes Program, Juana is feeling healthier physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Martha is a 75-year-old patient whose serious health issues went untreated because she didn’t have health insurance. In 2015, she became a patient at BVMI, and was diagnosed with aortic stenosis and heart failure, serious cardiac issues that needed immediate attention.

Lee became a BVMI patient in 2019. At her first wellness visit, she told her doctor than she has a family history of breast cancer, but had not had a mammogram in many years because she had no health insurance.

Luis는 거의 70세이며 이 지역에 친척 없이 혼자 살고 있습니다. 그는 당뇨병과 관절염이 있지만 건강 보험은 없습니다. 그는 일자리가 있을 때 일합니다.