Detroit street medicine team seeks to get medical care to a hard to reach population — the homeless

Dr. Shaina Shetty of the Community Health and Social Services speaks with Daniel Lewis, 60, of Detroit, while doing street medicine outreach on Monday, August 12, 2024, at Manna Community Meals in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood. CHASS recently received $562,868 in American Plan Act dollars to expand its street medicine team, to aid people experiencing homelessness on the streets taking medical care right to the people who need it.

Community Health and Social Services family medicine physician Dr. Shaina Shetty speaks with Debbie Cieslak, 50, of Detroit, while checking on her needs while dealing with homelessness during a street medicine outreach outside of Pope Francis Center in Detroit on Monday, August 12, 2024. CHASS and the Neighborhood Service Organization recently received $562,868 in American Plan Act dollars to expand a street medicine team, to aid people experiencing homelessness on the streets taking medical care right to the people who need it.

Community Health and Social Services family medicine physician Dr. Shaina Shetty, left, of the Community Health and Social Services looks over the hand of Debbie Cieslak, 50, of Detroit, as she checks on her needs while dealing with homelessness during a street medicine outreach outside of Pope Francis Center in Detroit on Monday, August 12, 2024. CHASS recently received $562,868 in American Plan Act dollars to expand its street medicine team, to aid people experiencing homelessness on the streets taking medical care right to the people who need it.

Community Health and Social Services family medicine physician Dr. Shaina Shetty rides along during a street medicine outreach on Monday, August 12, 2024, with others in the city of Detroit. CHASS recently received $562,868 in American Plan Act dollars to expand its street medicine team, to aid people experiencing homelessness on the streets taking medical care right to the people who need it.

Community Health and Social Services family medicine physician Dr. Shaina Shetty helps tend to an open wound on the food of Daniel Lewis, 60, of Detroit, while doing street medicine outreach on Monday, August 12, 2024, at Manna Community Meals in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood. CHASS recently received $562,868 in American Plan Act dollars to expand its street medicine team, to aid people experiencing homelessness on the streets taking medical care right to the people who need it.

Community Health and Social Services family medicine physician Dr. Shaina Shetty, center, talks with CHASS family nurse practitioner Danny Diaz, left, and Michigan State University medical student Shalini Tummala, right, after making a stop to the Pope Francis Center in Detroit during a street medicine outreach on Monday, August 12, 2024. CHASS recently received $562,868 in American Plan Act dollars to expand its street medicine team, to aid people experiencing homelessness on the streets taking medical care right to the people who need it.

Community Health and Social Services family medicine physician Dr. Shaina Shetty, center, does a blood pressure check on Jackqueline Bowers, 51, of Detroit, while Michigan State University medical student Shalini Tummala, left, and CHASS family nurse practitioner Danny Diaz helps Jennifer Bowers, 51, of Detroit, during a stop to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen in Detroit while doing a street medicine outreach on Monday, August 12, 2024. CHASS recently received $562,868 in American Plan Act dollars to expand its street medicine team, to aid people experiencing homelessness on the streets taking medical care right to the people who need it.

Community Health and Social Services family medicine physician Dr. Shaina Shetty speaks with Krystal Arzadon, 29, of Detroit, during a stop to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen in Detroit while doing a street medicine outreach on Monday, August 12, 2024. CHASS recently received $562,868 in American Plan Act dollars to expand its street medicine team, to aid people experiencing homelessness on the streets taking medical care right to the people who need it.

Community Health and Social Services family medicine physician Dr. Shaina Shetty does a blood pressure check for Moses Thomas, 70, of Detroit, during a stop to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen in Detroit while doing street medicine outreach on Monday, August 12, 2024. CHASS recently received $562,868 in American Plan Act dollars to expand its street medicine team, to aid people experiencing homelessness on the streets taking medical care right to the people who need it.

Krystal Arzadon, 29, left, sits with Kassidi Burkeen, 26, while eating at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen in Detroit on Monday, August 12, 2024.