Roberto Clemente Health Clinic To Host Health Care Fair

Hundreds of residents who live in the remote communities of southwest Nicaragua will receive free healthcare at the Roberto Clemente Health Clinic’s Annual Health Care Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 4, in Limon 1 Tola, Rivas, Nicaragua.

A team of more than 30 medical professionals from Nicaragua and the United States are volunteering their services to provide health check ups, preventive medical care, eye and dental exams and other screenings for the men, women and children that the clinic serves.

The Roberto Clemente Health Clinic provides free and low-cost health services to the local community, including emergency and primary care, low cost dentistry and laboratory services, internal surgeries in certain trauma cases, and ambulance service to the nearest hospital when more advanced medical attention is needed. Last year, the clinic began holding on-call hours, allowing patients to have access to medical care 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The clinic is expecting double the number of participants from last year, so donations to help fund this event are welcome and much appreciated. The Roberto Clemente Health Clinic relies on the generous donations of individuals and organizations to continue to provide emergency and primary care. In addition, the clinic’s volunteer program connects medical, student and other volunteers with hands-on opportunities to work with patients. And the Padrino Program allows participants to sponsor a child by making monthly donations to fund his/her health care and educational needs.

For more information about this event, please contact Juan Munoz (USA) at jmunoz@nicaclinic.org or Juan Vargas (Nicaragua) at jvargas@nicaclinic.org. To learn more about the Roberto Clemente Health Clinic, visit http://www.nicaclinic.org.

Phone: 1-410-777-8626; Nicaragua: 8675-0100 (Spanish only)

Our clinic, located in southwest Nicaragua, provides preventive and emergency care to 27 underserved communities. We serve as a positive agent for change by saving lives, improving health, and fulfilling the promise of medicine for those most in need. Each year, we see approximately 9,000 patients, and we recently acquired an ambulance to transfer patients in critical conditions to the nearest hospital. We welcome volunteers from any background to come to the clinic and survive thanks to the generosity of donors.

Our 1,140 square-foot primary care and triage facility is staffed by a full-time doctor, 3 nurses, 2 pharmacists - accredited by the Ministry of Health - our administrative team, and a driver. The Roberto Clemente Health Clinic supplies low-cost medical care to the isolated villages of Limon 1 and 27 surrounding communities in southwest Nicaragua.

The Roberto Clemente - Santa Ana Health Clinic

105 West Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
USA

1-410-777-8626 (USA)
Nicaragua Telephone: 011-505-88877413 (Spanish only)

clinic@nicaclinic.org

Executive Director: Juan Munoz (USA), jmunoz@nicaclinic.org

Nicaragua Manager: Juan Vargas, jvargas@nicaclinic.org

This release was published on openPR.