Bridging a Gap Between Eastern and Western Medicine

Dr. Vincent Shu – Contributed photo

Dr. Vincent Shu of the Washington Institute of Natural Studies is collecting signatures on a petition to open a new facility at the old Inter-Island Medical Center building on Spring Street. Here are some of his notes about this…

The issues to be addressed:

• Is complementary alternative medicine through the W.I.N.S. integrative Community Clinic an ideal health care model for Islanders in collaboration with Peace Island Medical Center, Island Hospital, San Juan HealthCare, Orcas Medical Center, Orcas Family Health Center and Lopez Island Medical Clinic?
• There is an unmet need in building a bridge between Eastern and Western Practitioners.
• What barriers discourage our children from developing their careers here? Can we re-shape our future to retain our children by developing local careers engaged in solving growing national issues in healthcare, environment and green energy?
• Can grant-sponsored Scholar Farmer Programs foster local economy and farming sustainability by growing Chinese Herbal Medicine?

Proposed medical use of the old InterIsland Medical Center:

• To fulfill the unmet mission of the medical care as set forth previously in providing an affordable complementary alternative holistic care through the W.I.N.S. Integrative Community Clinic, School of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine
• To provide health care for underserved, low socioeconomic Islanders
• To build a bridge and to act as a liaison between the western and eastern medical practitioners with anticipated improved treatment outcome

Please join us to support this endeavor by signing the petition.

You can read more about this project at this link (PDF). And if you have questions, or would like to meet Dr. Shu and sign the petition, he will have a booth at the Fair so be on the lookout for that.

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