Ronald McDonald® Care Mobile
The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile®, is a two-room mobile medical unit that provides quality healthcare completely free of charge to the medically under-served in our communities. Run by Texas Children’s Hospital, the Care Mobile® has a full-time doctor and nurse available throughout the week.
For a copy of the most current Ronald McDonald® Care Mobile's schedule, call 832-824-6780
Depending on specific community needs, services may include:
- Primary care
- Well-child visits and Immunizations
- Developmental screening
- Diagnosis and treatment of chronic
disease - Hygiene and health education
- Asthma prevention and treatment
- Pulmonary function testing
- School and sports physicals
- Prenatal care for pregnant teens
- Injury prevention education
- Nutrition counseling
- Blood collection
- Mental health services and other
pediatric specialty services, such as
cardiology and ENT
RMHC® proudly supports this program since this is one of the only Care Mobiles in the nation. The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile® will provide access to quality health care for students attending 15 schools in the Hobby Airport area. Services include free, comprehensive well-child checks, illness treatment and immunizations.
Part of that success is due to visiting its key schools on the same day each week. For instance, the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile® will visit Cornelius Elementary every Monday and visit the Lewis, Golfcrest and Brookline schools on their designated days. Other schools in the area will feed into those visits.
Community rapport is important because parents must be present at all visits, including walk-ins for ill visits and immunizations. At each visit, clinic volunteers help parents with the process of applying for low-cost health insurance. The ultimate goal of the mobile care program is to find every child in Houston a permanent medical home by helping families apply for health insurance. (Taken from TCH news release ).