Health screenings offered

A local charity will hold a free health screening at its club Sunday for children with medical problems too expensive for their parents to afford. The Stonebelt Shrine Club will hold the screenings from 1 to 3 p.m. at the clubhouse at 7065 N. Stonebelt Drive.\nThe screening is open to the public and is designed to screen children with orthopedic, burn or neuro problems who may be eligible for free care, continual check-ups and transportation to and from the area Shrine Hospitals.\nDr. Kent Moseman is a Bloomington orthopedic Surgeon who volunteers annually at the screenings and refers children to the Shrine hospitals for treatment based on the results of the screenings.\nMoseman said the screenings are an attempt to make the Shrine Hospital services accessible to area families, and this is one of the ways local people can be made aware of their services.\n"The Shrine Hospitals have staffs with considerable experience dealing with orthopedics where the average orthopedic surgeon doesn't see similar cases maybe once a year," Moseman said.\nMoseman said typical ailments he sees are bowed legs, scoliosis and clubbed feet. He said if children have any unusual ailments, he would probably refer them to the Shriners.\nThe screenings may also be beneficial to the IU Community.\n"The student parents, usually graduate students, are far from home," said Shrine member Steve Fiscus. "Usually working part time to supplement their income and short of close support (they) can find relief in the fact that should their child suffer from one of the afflictions that the Shriner's Hospitals work on and can get the treatment needed for free. The Shrine also will pay for the gas to transport the child to the hospital. There are absolutely no charges for the treatment."\n-Contact staff reporter Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.