LA FERIA— Parents held their children’s hands as they walked down the halls of La Feria High School and into a cafeteria that now resembled a makeshift clinic complete with scales and uniformed military staff with clip boards and laptops.
Operation Lone Star is an emergency preparedness exercise that is providing health care services to South Texas communities.
Services provided include immunizations for children, diabetic screening, blood pressure screening, hearing and vision screening and sport physicals.
La Feria High School is the second and newest location. For the past 18 years, the only location in Cameron County had been in Brownsville at the Hanna Early College High School
Both locations open at 8 a.m. and close at 4 p.m. except on Friday when they close at 2 p.m.
Last year, the operation provided medical assistance to more than 8,000 people across South Texas.
Monday, the La Feria location had seen about 170 people compared to Brownsville, which had more than 500 participants.
