LANSING, Mich.(WLNS) — A Mid-Michigan church blessed the group with medical, dental, and imaginative and prescient care, all freed from cost.
The Lansing Seventh-Day Adventist Church hosted the Amen Free Clinic Sunday afternoon, providing sufferers an opportunity to get their medical wants taken care of.
Lansing Amen Free Clinic serves the underprivileged with free healthcare companies. (WLNS)
Lansing Amen Free Clinic serves the underprivileged with free healthcare companies. (WLNS)
Lansing Amen Free Clinic serves the underprivileged with free healthcare companies. (WLNS)
Dariana Arnold, a affected person says she received her tooth cleaned and in addition obtained a therapeutic massage. “To be honest I actually expected them to just kinda floss,” said Arnold. “You know, just do something quick, but no, it was like an actual dental appointment. It was very nice, very refreshing.”
The occasion was too common, she wished she had gotten there sooner. “I got here at what I thought what on time at 8 o’clock, and it was packed.”
Sufferers get a medical check-up earlier than being seen by a dentist or an eye fixed physician.
Many sufferers have been in a position to get free extractions, fillings, and even free prescriptions. Dr. Harini Ligamgunte, says she noticed 10 to fifteen sufferers.
She says she was glad she might present a service to those that want it essentially the most. “I believe basically we want extra amenities like this to assist those that are uninsured and might’t see a daily supplier,” mentioned Ligamgunte.
Nicole Braxton, Amen’s Clinic Director says they’ve served greater than 300 sufferers. “This clinic is admittedly very important and an enormous effort to achieve the underserved and underinsured group members, particularly with excessive well being care prices,” mentioned Braxton.
She says many suppliers are there on their very own time, giving them an opportunity to assist the underprivileged. “We now have docs immediately giving again to the group and have been so grateful to vary lives and influence by means of well being care and construct relationships,” mentioned Braxton.
Braxton says the subsequent clinic will likely be on the Midland Excessive Faculty on Sunday, Dec. eighth.
She says the clinic is first come first serve, and sufferers ought to arrive at 6 or 7 a.m. earlier than doorways open.
