A total of 252 patients received more than $117,000 in free medical, dental and vision services at last month’s Remote Area Medical clinic held at Westmoreland High School, Montross.
More than 400 volunteers, some local, others traveling from out-of-state, helped make the clinic successful, providing free services to the uninsured and underinsured rural community.
Remote Area Medical—a major nonprofit of free pop-up clinics—coordinated with Rappahannock Area Health Education Center, Rappahannock Community College, Westmoreland High School, and other community organizations to host the clinic.
The pop-up clinics see patients on a first-come, first-served basis and allow registration to begin at midnight Friday. The first patients are called in at 6 o’clock Saturday morning. RCC Chef Hatley Bright and her team of colleagues were on site all weekend to feed the volunteers and provide to-go lunches for the patients.
This year’s Montross RAM clinic was led by Stacie Wind, Director of the Ra...