Touro University Nevada physician assistant student Kepeng Lu,left, asks medical questions to patient Traci Triplatt in the homeless corridor on Foremaster Lane on Wednesday, Aug.13, 2014. She was being treated for a staph infection.Touro recently begin providing mobile healthcare to the homeless in Las Vegas. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Patient Lucas Pollack sits at the Touro University Nevada Mobile Healthcare Clinic in the homeless corridor on Foremaster Lane on Wednesday, Aug.13, 2014. Touro recently begin providing mobile healthcare clinic to the homeless in Las Vegas. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tresa Pacheco gets her blood pressure check at theTouro University Nevada Mobile Healthcare clinic in the homeless corridor on Foremaster Lane on Wednesday, Aug.13, 2014. She was being treated for a spider bite. Touro recently begin providing mobile healthcare to the homeless in Las Vegas. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A wound on Tresa Pacheco’s knee as seen Wednesday, Aug.13, 2014 while she waits for treatment at the Touro University Nevada Mobile Healthcare clinic in the homeless corridor on Foremaster Lane. She was being treated for a spider bite. Touro recently begin providing mobile healthcare to the homeless in Las Vegas. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rico James, right, waits for treatment at the Touro University Nevada Mobile Healthcare clinic in the homeless corridor on Foremaster Lane on Wednesday, Aug.13, 2014. He has a growth on his neck that we wanted to get checked out. Touro recently begin providing mobile healthcare to the homeless in Las Vegas. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Clayton Halford, right, a physician assistant student at Touro University Nevada, asks Vicky Vinlicheenie medical questions in the homeless corridor on Foremaster Lane on Wednesday, Aug.13, 2014. Touro recently begin providing mobile healthcare to the homeless in Las Vegas. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Kirk Haynes gets his temperature checked at the Touro University Nevada Mobile Healthcare clinic during a medical examination in the homeless corridor on Foremaster Street on Wednesday, Aug.13, 2014. Touro recently begin providing mobile healthcare to the homeless in Las Vegas. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Kathy Thomas, right, a physician assistant student at Touro University Nevada, talks to patient Kirk Haynes during a medical examination in the homeless corridor on Foremaster Street on Wednesday, Aug.13, 2014. Touro recently begin providing mobile healthcare to the homeless in Las Vegas. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Physician assistant students from Touro University Nevada provide medical treatment at the during a medical examination at the school’s mobile healthcare clinic in the homeless corridor on Foremaster Street on Wednesday, Aug.13, 2014. Touro recently begin providing mobile healthcare to the homeless in Las Vegas. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
People walk pass the Touro University Nevada Mobile Healthcare Clinic in the homeless corridor on Foremaster Lane on Wednesday, Aug.13, 2014. Touro recently begin providing mobile healthcare to the homeless in Las Vegas. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Touro University Nevada physician assistant students check the temperatures on patients at the school’s mobile healthcare clinic in the homeless corridor on Foremaster Lane on Wednesday, Aug.13, 2014. Touro recently begin providing mobile healthcare clinic to the homeless in Las Vegas. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
While the early morning sun was breaking through the monsoon clouds, Las Vegas police officers were rousting the drowsy homeless on Foremaster Lane. It is the weekly street cleaning of the area better known as the homeless corridor. The area was littered with personal belongings, water bottles and human waste.
“Do you see the bloodstains?” asked an officer.
A blood trail on the street was made by a homeless man who was beaten by another.
Just steps from the incident, the Touro University Nevada mobile health care clinic was parked — treating the down and out on the street of broken dreams. A few weeks ago, the college started the outreach program to provide medical care to people living on the streets. Students from Touro’s physician assistant studies program get on-the-job training providing basic medical needs. The team treats patients with medical problems that include rashes, colds and spider bites.
“It’s been a dream for the students,” said Vicki Chan-Padgett, director of Touro University’s physician assistant program.
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