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Dental societies, dental suppliers and individuals seeking information to
provide assistance: If you know of a displaced dentist from the New
Orleans, Nothlake or Southwest areas, please help us get information to them. Please
call (800) 388-6642 or e-mail
info@ladental.org and let us know how to contact these members. Even
if you have not been a victim of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, please notify your
colleagues who are victims of the information posted on the link of this
web site entitled "Dentists
Looking for Assistance."
Dental volunteers are needed immediately to serve in Operation
Blessing's dental field clinic that provides FREE care to residents
resettling in New Orleans. The city of New Orleans has requested that
Operation Blessing open a field clinic for the next six months to help
with the increase of dental emergencies. The field dental clinic is
located in St. Bernard Parish and contains all the needed equipment.
Operation Blessing offers free accommodations and food to all dental
volunteers.
Contact Scott Hill at 757-226-3858 or
scott.hill@ob.org
to volunteer or receive more information.
If you have any supplies for Hurricane Katrina evacuees, please contact
Christy Harrison at PRC
Compassion (Pastor Resource Council) at 225-615-0535 or
225-408-3380. They have warehouse and loading dock facilities.
Jefferson Baptist Church is also putting together
packets for shelters all over the state. You can ship items to: Hurricane
Katrina Relief, C/O Debbie Dixon, Jefferson Baptist Church, 9135 Jefferson
Hwy., Baton Rouge, LA 70809, (225) 923-0356 or
jefferson@jeffersonbaptist.org.
Interested dental volunteers
can also call (225) 926-1986 or e-mail
info@ladental.org. Volunteers are working now to organize mobile units
for shelters.
Other health care
professionals volunteer contacts would be: 1-877-923-2114. This rings to a sort of
clearinghouse for health care professionals who want to volunteer their
services. The United Way will then direct providers to wherever they are
needed. The Red Cross and the
LA Department of Health and Hospitals has referred us to another volunteer
collection location for health care professionals. Go to
http://www.tsged.com/Katrina_aid.htm and click on the link in the text
to fill out a form that includes health care professionals specialties and
availability. If you need assistance or further direction please contact
their Hurricane Hotline at 800-893-9698 x 1298 or e-mail:
barry_smith@tsged.com. The CDC has also been
collecting information on medical professionals who are willing to
volunteer. They can be contacted at
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/hhs_announcement.asp.
Do you have dental
equipment (new or used) to donate?
Executive Order from Governor Blanco: Declaration of Public Health
Emergency to Suspend Out-of-State Licensure for Medical Professionals
and Personnel
Housing for Displaced
Dentists/Help-a-Dentist Program
Donate
Money to Displaced Louisiana Dentists
How To Help
Temporary/Permanent Employment - Can you spare an
operatory? Are you going on vacation any time soon?
Are you a dental supplier or vendor who is offering supplies/assistance to
dental offices?
Updates on the LSU
School of Dentistry
DMORT Needs Records
From Affected Areas
To
donate money for relief efforts or to volunteer, call:
Charitable organizations recommended by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA):
Donations of dental
supplies for evacuees can be made through the Red Cross, the Salvation Army
or the LDA. If you are a member of the dental community and make a
donation through either the Red Cross (call
(225) 291-4533 or toll-free (866) GET-INFO.)
or the Salvation Army (call
(225) 355-4483 or
(800) SAL-ARMY),
please let the LDA know at (800) 388-6642 or
info@ladental.org.
We hope to keep a
record of the generosity of our dental community.
Housing for Displaced Dentists/ADA's Help-a-Dentist Program
In response to the thousands displaced by Hurricane Katrina, the ADA
Foundation would like to support dentists and their families through this
Help-a-Dentist program. It is designed to
match the dentists in need with those who are willing to provide housing or
other assistance. A list will be provided to participants, so
individuals can make connections for themselves directly. If you are a
dentist willing to provide housing or other
assistance, please fill out and return the Help a Dentist Offering
Assistance form from
the ADA website
and return to the ADA Foundation.
How
To Help (8/31/05
from The Advocate)
Registered nurses —
The Baton Rouge General, which has campuses at 3600 Florida Blvd., and 8585
Picardy Ave., needs registered nurses due to the large influx of hurricane
victims and evacuated patients. These are paid nursing assignments. Call
(225) 381-6464 or visit
www.brnurse.com or
www.brgeneral.org.
United Blood Services —
Donors who are at least 17 years old are encouraged to donate blood from 9
a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Baton Rouge center, 8234 One Calais, off Essen Lane
near Interstate 10. Bring photo identification. (225) 769-7233.
Baton Rouge Area Foundation relief funds —
The Hurricane Katrina Displaced Residents Fund will help residents and The
Hurricane Katrina New Orleans Recovery Fund will focus on rebuilding
infrastructure. Tax deductible donations are being accepted online at
www.braf.org. Donations by check should be made out to the Baton Rouge
Area Foundation and mailed or delivered to 402 N. Fourth St., Baton Rouge,
La., 70802.
Operation Blessing —
To help those impacted by Hurricane Katrina, tax deductible contributions
can be made to Operation Blessing’s Disaster Relief Fund by call 1 (800)
730-2537. This organization is a Salvation Army partner. Internet users can
make a secure online credit card donation by visiting
www.ob.org
American Red Cross —
The Louisiana Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross is requesting
volunteers, especially people with medical or mental health backgrounds.
Call (225) 291-4533 or toll-free (866) GET-INFO.
Volunteer
packets are available at
www.batonrouge.redcross.org. Volunteers unable to get through to busy
phones lines can go to the office at 10201 Mayfair Drive, Baton Rouge, La.,
70809. Donations also can be mailed to that address or made online at
www.batonrouge.redcross.org.
Salvation Army —
The Baton Rouge office, 7361 Airline Highway, is setting up warehouse
distributions in Baton Rouge to send aid to the New Orleans area. Volunteers
are needed to unload trucks and help organize supplies. Call (225) 355-4483.
To donate
or find out information about volunteering, log onto
www.salvationarmyUSA.org or call 1 (800) SAL-ARMY. To find out about
loved ones, log onto
www.satern.org.
Volunteer! Baton Rouge —
For information on area organizations seeking volunteers for hurricane
relief, call (225) 343-8270.
Temporary/Permanent
Employment
Can you spare an
operatory? Are you going on vacation any time soon?
Lovelace and Associates,
Inc. (L&A, Inc.) is based in Baton Rouge and has offered services to
dentists displaced by Hurricane Katrina. For information on providing
temporary or permanent employment to dental professionals, go directly to
the web site at
http://lovelaceandassociates.com/v-web/bulletin/bb/index.php?c=4 and
enter your information. Gretchen Lovelace
can also be reached at (225) 927-3015 (home), (225) 927-8015 (office), (225) 892-5135 (cell),
www.lovelaceandassociates.com or
gretchenlovelace@cox.net.
Information for Dental
Suppliers or Vendors Who Are Offering Supplies/Assistance to Dental Offices?
If you are a dental supplier or vendor and have supplies or
assistance to offer Louisiana's dentists, please e-mail
info@ladental.org with a listing of
services/products available on company letterhead or on a word file that
includes the company logo, as well as a contact name and phone number and
we will include your information on the web link targeted at dentists who
are in need of assistance. If you have included Hurricane Katrina
information/services for dentists on your web site, we can also link
directly from your web site to ours.
Donating Dental
Equipment
If you have dental equipment and/or
supplies to donate to the ADA Foundation for use in the hurricane
disaster response for Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, read the
following information. The ADA has been working with the dental
societies, and have established a secure location and system for receipt
and distribution of large equipment, such as dental chairs and
compressors, as well as smaller dental equipment and supplies to
dentists whose offices were severely damaged. If you would like to make
a charitable donation of equipment and/or supplies to assist dentists
trying to recover from the severe damage to their dental offices by
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita,
please follow the instructions by clicking here.
You can also go to
http://lovelaceandassociates.com/v-web/bulletin/bb/index.php?c=3 and
register what equipment you would like to donate to the relief efforts.
This site enables dentists to look and see what is available to them.
DMORT Needs Records
From Affected Areas
Because of the condition of bodies found in the
Hurricane Katrina affected areas, DMORT, the agency of FEMA responsible
for identifying bodies, is in desperate need of dental records,
particularly x-rays. DMORT will be sending letters to dentists who have
practices in the affected areas that will list specific victims’ names,
so please make sure to update your temporary address with the LDA at
info@ladental.org.
DMORT realizes that many offices are flooded, but victims’ records in
any condition should be submitted. Many dentists have suffered extreme
losses, but it would be greatly appreciated if dentists would assist in
helping people identify their loved ones. There is a HIPAA Regulation
Exception that permits the release of health information (medical and
dental records) to a coroner or medical examiner for the identification
of a deceased. For more information or to submit records, call (225)
319-0254, fax (225) 319-0159, or mail to DMORT Family Assistance, c/o
Holiday Inn Select Executive Center, 4782 Constitution Ave., Baton
Rouge, La. 70808.
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