Supes support summer free health clinic

 

The Nevada County Board of Supervisors not long ago passed a resolution in support of California Careforce’s No cost Health and fitness Care Clinic in Nevada County, scheduled for July 15-17 at Nevada Union Significant College. The nonprofit business is committed to furnishing dental, eyesight and overall health treatment cost-free of charge to to individuals devoid of access to basic wellbeing services.

In Nevada County, a similar 2015 clinic offered 559 people with an equal of $245,935 of health-related providers, and a 2020 clinic presented 850 individuals with $347,297 of clinical solutions. With delays in health care treatment as a end result of COVID-19 and a expanding have to have inside the group, this summer’s July clinic anticipates managing roughly 1,000 clients, say volunteers.

These clinics are created achievable by way of the partnership of a nearby Host Committee, comprised of Nevada County-based mostly volunteers and California CareForce. Given that 2011, California CareForce’s statewide cell free of charge clinics have served almost 39,000 sufferers and furnished about $15 million value of products and services during California.

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“It is approximated that in 2022 in excess of three million Californians will continue to be uninsured, and that affordability of overall health treatment continues to be a obstacle throughout California,” mentioned the Nevada County Board of Supervisors’ resolution.

To donate, volunteer or receive additional information on the forthcoming totally free clinic, contact Host Committee Guide Philip Vardara, RN, at 530-613-2301 or [email protected], or Sarina Klein of California CareForce at 916-749-4170 or [email protected].

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