“I have never received care with such dignity and kindness, at all levels. I feel honored to receive care at the Clinic,”

Artist Barbara Mendes was referred to Saban Community Clinic when the optometrist at her local LensCrafters discovered she had Glaucoma. At her first Clinic appointment, the doctor conducted a full examination and diagnosed her as pre-diabetic. She immediately cut out sugar and changed her diet. “They saved my life from the beginning. I dodged the bullet of diabetes,” says Barbara. Last year Barbara developed a hernia in her abdomen. With a referral from her doctor she recently had surgery to have it removed. Today, at 71, Barbara feels healthier and is more active than she was a few years ago. Her glaucoma is under control and she has been seeing a doctor and a dentist at the Clinic regularly and feels so grateful. “I have never received care with such dignity and kindness, at all levels. I feel honored to receive care at the Clinic,” says Barbara.

Barbara Mendes