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The World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program provides free, confidential medical monitoring examinations to workers and volunteers who responded to the September 11th attacks in New York City. For the next five years, responders who participate in the program will receive comprehensive and confidential medical examinations at regular intervals.
A
Monitoring Program announcement letter was sent to the participants of the WTC
Worker & Volunteer Medical Screening Program, informing them of the availability of new funding,
allocated by Congress, to provide for additional medical examinations
over the next 5 years.
Those who received a medical examination
from the WTC Worker & Volunteer Medical Screening Program are eligible to receive follow-up medical examinations
under the Monitoring Program. WTC responders who have not yet participated are encouraged to sign up
immediately by calling the Registration
Hotline at 888-702-0630.
To continue to provide this service, it is of the utmost importance
that the Monitoring Program be able to keep in touch with the
responders who have already had a Medical Screening Program exam.
A
contact information update
form
is available to allow participants to update their contact information.
Alternatively, participants can call the Registration Hotline
(888-702-0630) to update their contact information.
Responders may
also
change where they
want to have their exams by filling in the
exam location change form
or by calling 888-702-0630.
Why should WTC responders continue to get medical examinations?
Many of you developed respiratory or other illnesses during your work following 9/11. We will
medically examine you periodically and check on your progress, and possibly suggest additional approaches to treatment.
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Unfortunately, the long-term health effects of the WTC
rescue and recovery work are unknown. The Monitoring Program will monitor your future health, whether or not you are currently experiencing any symptoms. Even if you aren’t sick now, these examinations can serve to provide early detection for diseases with a delayed onset.
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The
Monitoring Program will help us understand the health effects of 9/11-related exposures. While the main focus is to provide you with the clinical evaluation you need for your own health, the information that will be gained will be extremely valuable in understanding how to protect worker health in future emergencies.
More detailed Program
Information
Examinations will include:
- Comprehensive physical examination
- Routine blood and urine tests (no drug
or HIV testing)
- Breathing tests
- Mental health assessment
- Exposure assessment
- Referral for treatment, if necessary
- Benefits and entitlements information
- Workplace health and safety information
Examinations will be
provided at
six clinic locations in and
around the New York City metropolitan area, and at other
participating clinics around the country. You may choose to be seen at any one of these locations, regardless of where you had your initial exam.
If you would like to be seen outside of the New York City area, please check back again for when we
will be able make information about our national examinations available.
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