Free medical clinics are places where one can get free medical
assistance or get the services at a very small fee. These clinics have the objective of helping
poor people who need medical services to get it. Most of them do not charge
anything for the services while a few asks for donations. These clinics are aimed to help people with
low income and others who cannot afford it such as the homeless. For instance,
many people who are full-time workers with no benefits and cannot afford
medical insurance. The free clinics have
helped such people since they provide the way in which they can access medical
treatment. These clinics mainly serve only the local
communities of the areas where they are located.
Most of these freemedical clinics do not provide the full range of medical services. Most of
these free clinics only offer the common care services but never the major and
complex services such as surgical procedures. Others just specialize on a given
healthy care service such as free dentalclinics which specialize in dental care services only and those that
provide comprehensive care to HIV/AIDS infected persons.
These free clinics are
very important even though they do not provide the full range of medical
services. One reason is that they help to determine if a patient requires more
intensive medical treatment. Another reason is that they provide crucial
services such as immunization which help prevent diseases infections. They also
provide testing and regular healthy check-ups to ensure the good health of
people. Another importance of the free medical clinics is that they help in
case of emergency and even direct patients to the nearest facility where they
can get help. They also aid a lot in offering first aid services in case of
complex medical cases.
There are uncountable benefits of the free medicals clinics
and thus very important. They play great roles in promoting health and
consequently contribute in economic development since with healthy citizens
there is a healthy nation.
