The volunteers — nurses, doctors, support staff — are covered in personal protective equipment, head to toe. One waits at the entrance, screening visitors: providing squirts of hand sanitizer, masks, and taking temperatures. On this Thursday night, a steady stream of people with nowhere else to go will walk through the door and be […]
Dr. Gulshan Harjee grew up with limited access to medical care. She’s giving back to her community by healing the uninsured and underserved.
“We are nonstop hands on and we at the end of the day, we’re making a better smile,” said Heath Phillips, a fourth-year University of Tennessee dental student. Phillips and other students are serving dental patients at Healing Hands Health Center. The clinic provides care to individuals without insurance. Student supervisor doctor Rebecca Nunley says […]
ROANOKE, Va (WFXR) — Loving Living Local host Kianna Price sat down with Janine Underwood, executive director of the Bradley Free Clinic, to talk about how the clinic is operating during coronavirus and what is being offered.
Mel Wischmeyer wanted to be as prepared as possible for her potential new job as executive director of Trinity Free Clinic. “Ironically, I purchased a book back in January when I first started talking to (TFC) called, ‘The First 90 Days,’” she said. “But there was not a chapter on what to do if you […]
Americans have always been charitable with their money and time. The U.S. tax system was just five years old and included a tax exemption for gifts to charities when the H1N1 pandemic of 1918 struck the world, infecting 500 million people and killing 50 million, including 675,000 in the United States. And, it was just […]
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Community leaders, in both Pinellas County and the City of St. Petersburg, are taking steps to help the growing number of families facing hunger due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The City of St. Petersburg is expected to discuss the creation of a Food Policy Council alongside the Foundation for a Healthy […]
Having health insurance comes with clear advantages. Insured people are less likely to die and more likely to seek care, explained Stan Dorn, the director of the National Center for Coverage Innovation at Families USA, a health care advocacy nonprofit. “We know that there are really serious consequences in terms of higher hospitalization rates if […]
CHESAPEAKE — When the pandemic cast a dark cloud over the world, the need for medical care increased even while access to that care faded. Chesapeake Care Clinic, a nonprofit organization that provides medical and dental services to low income and underserved individuals throughout the state, has been working to maintain and even increase that […]
ROANOKE, Va. – The coronavirus pandemic has caused many people to lose their jobs and in turn, their health insurance, putting a huge strain on clinics that provide health care for free. Two and a half years ago, Reggie Long was rushed to the hospital for a health scare that was also a financial scare. “I […]
