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Essential services and screenings to be hosted by Ochsner LSU Health

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—Ochsner LSU Health is hosting a summer health fair that will provide community members with access to essential services and screenings.

Team members from Ochsner LSU Health will provide:

  • Blood pressure checks
  • A1C testing for managing diabetes
  • Diabetic eye camera screenings (identifies diabetic retinopathy)
  • Mammograms
  • Various cancer screenings
  • Cervical self-swabs (HPV testing)
  • Colonoscopy scheduling
  • Cologuard® sign-up (noninvasive colon cancer screening)
  • Enhanced wellness visits with an Ochsner LSU Health provider for Medicare patients

Several services will be complimentary, while others may be billed to the patients’ insurance plans. Patients will also be able to schedule follow-up appointments at the event.

Source: Ochsner LSU Health

The health fair will be held on Friday, June 20, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Ochsner LSU Health’s Spring Lake clinic, 8445 Line Ave., Ste. 100, Shreveport.

For more information or to make an appointment, visit ochsnerlsuhs.org.

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