Nurse practitioners in Appalachia segment..

[Purrfessor]

On 60 Minutes tomorrow, Sunday at 7pm.

[theHandpuppet]

1. Thanks for the heads up!

I'll definitely tune in.

[theHandpuppet]

2. Just finished watching the segment on 60 Minutes

Wow, that was powerful stuff. Those nurses are real heroes and if I ever win the lottery, I know where to send a chunk of money.

On the other hand, to see that kind of poverty and hunger in America is an indictment of our society, where the rich get richer and the poor are left to die.

[theHandpuppet]

3. Here's the HealthWagon website

http://thehealthwagon.org/hwwp/

Donations needed!!

[Purrfessor]

4. Thanks for the link.

I recorded it and am getting ready to watch it now.

[theHandpuppet]

5. 60 Mintues Overtime -- more on the Health Wagon

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/on-the-road-with-the-health-wagon/
Very cool. You can watch the videos at the above link, with accompanying article.

On the road with the Health Wagon
It's not the first time Scott Pelley stepped foot on the beat-up Winnebago where the working poor of Appalachia get free health care
This week, 60 Minutes boarded the Health Wagon, a mobile health clinic in a beat-up Winnebago. It's run by Teresa Gardner and Paula Meade, two nurse practitioners who navigate the hills and hollows of Appalachia, providing free medical care to the working poor.

But, as 60 Minutes Overtime discovered, this week's story isn't the first time Scott Pelley and 60 Minutes producer Henry Schuster stepped foot on the Health Wagon.

Six years ago, the team encountered that same Winnebago while reporting another 60 Minutes story called "Lifeline" about a charity that air drops weekend-long health clinics into remote, needy areas of the country.

"To see hundreds of people line up before dawn just because they have a chance to see a doctor about something that's probably been bedeviling them for years-- it's enormously moving," says Pelley.... MORE