Public health care delivered by Freightliner is coming after the Oklahoma City-County Health Department added two of the big trucks to its fleet, colorfully outfitted as mobile clinics.
It’s the department’s first use of medium-duty trucks in community outreach, although vans and other, smaller vehicles have been on city streets and county roads for years, said Blaine Bolding, deputy CEO and deputy health officer for the health department.
They will be used to deliver services by public health nurses and community health workers to people in underserved parts of Oklahoma City and out-of-the-way places across Oklahoma County, he said.
The way the mobile clinics will be used is still being worked out, but they “will play a crucial role in supporting large-scale events throughout Oklahoma County,” Bolding said. “By bringing services directly to where they are most needed, we aim to improve health outcomes and provide crucial support to our most vulnerable populations.”
Each truck is 42 feet long and over 13 feet tall, with a wheelchair-accessible entry, administration area, examination room, a laboratory station, two counseling rooms, a restroom and a storage loft over the truck cab. A bright blue sky with fluffy white clouds decorate the exteriors.