Patricia Becerril comes to Bethesda Health Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, every other week. And it’s a slog.
“It takes her two hours to get here,” said Katherine Wilkin, a University of North Carolina at Charlotte master’s student, translating for Becerril. “She takes two buses, so coming here, she’s definitely devoted to getting this treatment. She comes every time.”
Wilkin is also Becerril’s mental health counselor, and Becerril says Wilkin has helped her deal with depression.
“With therapy, she’s gotten able to organize her thoughts and feelings, and she feels better, not frustrated, less stress,” Wilkin said.
Becerril initially came to this free clinic for diabetes treatment. Director Wendy Pascual said primary care is often the starting point for patients here, most of whom are immigrants.
[For more of this story, written by Michael Tomsic, go to http://khn.org/news/students-f...care-for-immigrants/]
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