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By Alice Hrnicek
For a small price, the UNL Health
Center offers hospital, counseling ana
speciality services to university students.
The health center, at 15th and U
streets, can take care of almost any stu
dent health problem said Steve Blom, a
health center administrator.
At a cost of $34.70 per student in stu
dent fees each semester, the center pro
vides medical visits and services at below
community rates, Blom said.
The center has a $2 million budget for
the fiscal year beginning July 1981, Blom
said. Eighty-one percent of that is for the
100-member staff, and the rest for over
head. Three-fourths of the budgeted money is
from student fees, he said. The rest is from
user charges.
The pool of money from student tees,
he said, allows the health center to charge
less than community rates for most ser
vices. The medical clinic is open weekdays and
half-days on Saturdays, and is available by
appointment. After-hours services are avail
able in case of emergency, Blom said.
Ten staff physicans work at the center
during the day, and 10 resident physicians
work at night, he said.
Laboratory and X-ray tests and medi
cines from the pharmacy are available at
30 percent below community rates, he
said.
The acute illness clinic is a backup sys
tern for persons in need of a doctor when
a scheduled appointment time is unavaU-
able, Blom said. .
In addition, the health center brings in
dermatology and allergy specialists to serve
students. , ,
A staff dietician plans menus for per
sons in the 14-bed infirmary.
The infirmary costs $50 a day, less than
half a community hospital rate, Blom said.
Although surgery is not performed at the
infirmary, many serious illnesses and injur
ies can be treated there, he said.
The staff dietitian also counsels stu
dents with dietary problems.
A weight-control program is offered
each semester for persons at least 15 per
cent overweight, he said. The program
focuses on food management and behavior
modification.
About 150 health aides, one for each
floor of residence halls and for Greek
houses and cooperatives, are trained by the
Health Center.
The Mental Health Clinic, staffed by
two psychiatrists, one clinical psychologist
and one social worker, is available for stu
dents who are distraught by school or
social pressures, he said.
Another service, the dental clinic, is
staffed by instructors from the Dental
College on a part-time basis. The dentists
do check-ups and simple restorative work,
Blom said.
Health aides give counseling
About 15,000 visits are made to health
aides each year by students with health
concerns said a UNL Health Aide Program
team member.
Health aides can help with minor health
problems, such as a headache, and can also
provide some emergency first aid. They are
available for counseling on health problems
and can tell students where to go for help.
Greg Barth, a member of the Health
Aide Team, said that the health aide pro
gram has been authorized to hire 100
employees each year.
But Barth said the service has been re
ceived so well by students that 150 will be
hired for the 1981-82 school year.
Applications are being accepted for
about 75 positions still available, Barth
said, since only about 75 aides have been
hired to begin working Monday.
This year residence halls will have a
health aide on every floor.
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