For immediate release: July 2, 2007
Contact: Emily Wofford Cobb
Communications Manager
775-784-6006
ecobb@medicine.nevada.edu
Free general and children’s clinics to be provided at University Health System
Family Medicine Clinic in Reno
RENO, Nev. –The Student Outreach Clinic, a free service providing much needed care for Washoe County’s medically underserved population, is moving locations. Beginning July 7, the general and children’s clinic will move from the Salvation Army, located at 1931 Sutro Street, to University Health System’s Family Medicine Clinic, located off North Virginia Street on the University of Nevada, Reno campus just north of Mackay Stadium.
Under the direct supervision of licensed faculty physicians, medical students from the University of Nevada School of Medicine offer monthly Student Outreach Clinics which provide free general, children’s and women’s care. No insurance or appointment is necessary for clinic patients who are seen on a first come, first served basis. Each clinic offers complete physical examinations and referral services. The children’s clinic provides school physicals and physicals for the Head Start program. The women’s clinic provides pap smears, pregnancy counseling and sexually transmitted disease counseling.
Starting in July, the clinics will be able to provide blood work at a reduced cost. This discounted service runs an average of between $5 and $20. Patients are recommended to call ahead to learn more about blood services.
The next general and children’s clinic will be held from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, July 7. Other scheduled dates include: Saturday, August 11 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., Saturday, August 18 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Saturday, September 1 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The next women’s clinic, which will remain at the School of Medicine’s faculty physician practice offices located on the third floor at 1500 East Second Street, will be held in September.
Patients seeking further information about the Student Outreach Clinic should call 775-354-8092.
As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been meeting statewide healthcare, educational, and clinical needs since 1969. The School of Medicine encompasses 16 clinical medical education departments, including Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as well as ten nationally-recognized departments within basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. As the largest multi-specialty healthcare focus within the state, the School of Medicine employs more than 185 doctors who both teach and practice medicine throughout Nevada. The school’s statewide faculty physician practice group has a combined 25 different medical specialties with seven physician practice offices located in the Reno-Sparks area and five physician offices located in Las Vegas.
The University of Nevada School of Medicine utilizes a best-practice approach to medicine and is committed to addressing the health needs of Nevada now and in the future. For more information, please visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.
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