Free Medical Clinic Omar Chowdhry, MSIII Tariq Khalil, MD Ahsan Basha, MD

Introduction  Cultural Cup Food Bank  Nonprofit organization  Caters to needs of all regardless of background  Dedicated towards lower income individuals  Provides food, essentials, services

Introduction cont’d  Saturday Free Clinic  Provide medical coverage to uninsured  Neglected population  Free of charge  Based on the donation of supplies and services

Setup  Open every Saturday, 10am – 2pm  Physician volunteers  Waiting room  Triage area (weight, vitals, Accu-Check)  Two patient rooms

Patient visit  Presents to physician with complaint  History & Physical  Physician assessment  Advice, Supportive Tx, and Rx

Patient Management  Rx are written for $4 generics  Ordered labs are reasonably priced at local Basha’s market  Patient asked to follow-up  Each patient has own file on record

Current Barriers  Lack of volunteering physicians  Specialties (e.g. Peds, OB/GYN)  Language (e.g. Spanish)  Need of medical supplies/samples  Lack of advertising

Future  Help for the helpless  Improved services to uninsured  Increased physician participation  Standardization of care  Healthier patients  Tremendous amount of good deeds