A man in his 50s believed his health was good until he began experiencing unusual symptoms. The symptom that bothered him the most, blurred vision, was affecting his job.
The man went to Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center’s Emergency Department and was admitted for an unexpected diagnosis: uncontrolled diabetes. The hospital team helped get his diabetes under control with insulin during his brief hospital stay and referred him to Aurora Walker's Point Community Clinic for follow-up care.
Aurora Walker's Point Community Clinic is one of Milwaukee's oldest health clinics serving a largely Hispanic community with a high percentage of uninsured people. The clinic is operated by Aurora Health Care Inc. and services provided include specialty, diagnostic and treatment services, behavioral health screenings and social services. Clinic team members also staff the nearby Salvation Army shelter and clinic to provide refugee screenings and basic medical care to people experiencing homelessness.
The man worked with a nurse practitioner at the clinic who taught him how to control his diabetes through lifestyle changes. Today, the man is no longer on insulin and is back at work in the same capacity as before learning he had diabetes.
In 2020, Aurora Walker’s Point Community Clinic served over 2,300 unique patients, including 664 new patients, though 12,178 visits. The clinic also collaborated with the American Lung Association in fall to provide flu vaccinations for nearly 700 Hispanic residents on Milwaukee’s South Side and delivered 79 flu vaccines at the Mexican Consulate.