A national nonprofit that operates free, pop-up medical clinics will set up in Luray this Saturday and Sunday. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
Remote Area Medical, or RAM, will offer free dental, vision, and medical services at Luray High School this weekend. Clinic Coordinator Kim Faulkinbury said they were invited by and have been collaborating with the Page County Free Clinic.
KIM FAULKINBURY: For dental, we're going to have fillings, cleanings, and extractions. Unfortunately no dentures will be offered at this clinic. … In vision, we will have full eye exams including glasses made on site as long as the prescription's within range. If it's not within range, we will mail them off and get them made and then send them directly to the patient. … We're going to have free general health exams, we'll have women's health exams as well, and we will also have HIV and Hep C screening and Narcan training. And we will also have mammograms available on Saturday.
Services are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The general health exams are available to everyone, but Faulkinbury said that there are usually too many patients for someone to get both dental and vision in the same day. You can go to the clinic on both Saturday and Sunday, though. The clinic doors open at 6 a.m. each day.
FAULKINBURY: I recommend you get there as early as you can. The parking lot will be open no later than midnight from Friday going into Saturday, and we hope to get it open before then.
Face masks are required, and patients will be screened for COVID before entering the clinic. For WMRA News, I'm Randi B. Hagi.