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F 6 HEALTH FAIR MVMHA INSTALLERS PERMITS John A. Devine Construction Co. ANIMAL PERMITS Lisa T. Fitzgerald DISPOSAL PERMITS Northeast Disposal Corp. Ace Disposal Service Inc. (3) Meeting was adjourned at 10430 P.M. At 7:30 P.M. at the Board Meeting on February 13, 1978, Jean Woods, TriCommunity Health Services and Christina Miller, Council on Aging, met with the Board to discuss a Health Fair which they are planning with other Health Organizations such as Lexington Red Cross, Symmes Hospital and Mystic Valley Mental Health. Mrs. Wood said the purpose of this "Fair" was to help the promotion and education of Health services for people. Also to encourage people to take an active part in their health and well being. Mrs. Miller said they hoped to conduct some screening clinics at this fair for children. Also to have some special equipment for testing and showing people a positive reaction to illness. They also hope to obtain the services of Bill Rogers to speak on Health problems., Mrs. Wood went on to explain how they hoped to get some of the service clubs to carry out their screening programs at the same time. Dr. Cosgrove asked if Mrs. Wood wanted some financial aid. She said "Yes". Dr. Cosgrove said funds would be hard for the Board to ge because all our budgets have gone in and unless a specific item was requested we would have trouble getting any funds. After further discussion Dr. Cosgrove suggested Mrs. Wood write down specific amounts and what they were for and submit this to the Board for con.7ideration and discussion. Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Miller thanked the Board for their time and retired. At 8:00 P.M. at the Board Meeting on February 13, 1978, Dr. Isenstadt, Assistant Psychiatrist of the Mystic Valley Mental Health Clinic and Mr. Frank Lynch, MVMHA fiscal officer came before the Board to discuss the budget for fy 78-79. Dr. Isenstadt referred to a letter that had been sent to Town Manager describing the various services provided by the MVMHC to the citizr:ns of Lexington. (Note: The Health Department has not received a copy of this letter.) Some of these services were: five branch clinics, a centralized special crisis intervention team housed at the Lexington Center, two female adolescent homes, theraputic nursery school in Burlington Mental Retardation Clinic in Burlington and also consultants and educators at the M.V.M.H.A. Dr. Isenstadt once again explained how many hours were spent on a patient and their parents or the family as a whole. He said when a patient is seen at the clinic the cost is usually about $4.50 per session this could be multimlied to include as many members of the family they might have to meet with to help this patient. He also continued to give the