Free Medical Clinic

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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

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

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