Three thousand or more people will get access to medical, dental, or eye care next week at no cost. An organization called Your Best Pathway to Health is bringing a mega-clinic to the fairgrounds Monday and Tuesday.
Pathway to Health President Lela Lewis says this is only the fourth mega-clinic they have done nationwide. The organization works in partnership with the Seventh Day Adventist church, but Lewis says many other groups and individuals donate, and it’s a volunteer run organization.
Speaking of volunteers, 1,600 of them are making the Spokane event possible.
Lewis: “Volunteer doctors, dentists, surgeons, every specialist you can imagine… we have gastroenterologists, infectious disease specialists, oral surgeons, plastic surgeons… we have an x-ray, as well as ultra sound, our women’s health providers (our gynecologists) are actually doing cancer and pre-cancer treatment.”
She says attendees will be reviewed and the workers will determine what service they need most: medical, dental, or eye care. Pathway to Health also provides clothing and meals.
Lewis has advice to possible patients in Spokane: arrive early. She says they served six-thousand people over three days in San Antonio and some people camped in line overnight.
The only service people need to schedule ahead of time is cataract surgery, by calling 1-888-44-Pathway.
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