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Demand from uninsured Georgia residents medical for services at Saturday’s large, one-day free health clinic near Atlanta is so great that organizers will have to put a freeze on registrations unless more doctors volunteer their services.

The C.A.R.E. (Communities Are Responding Everyday) Clinic, sponsored by the NAFC, will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday at the Georgia International Convention Center near Atlanta. Volunteers, both medical and non-medical, can find information about the clinic online at: http://freeclinics.us or www.regonline.com/Atlanta_CARE_Clinic.

If patient registration for the C.A.R.E. Clinic is frozen today, uninsured people who cannot be scheduled for appointments on Saturday can contact their local free clinics. Information can be found at http://freeclinic.us or http://www.gfcn.org. Patients who do participate in Saturday’s clinic also will be connected to free clinics and other safety-net providers near where they live for regular treatment on an ongoing basis.

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The Bartle Hall Convention Center will temporarily become the nation’s largest medical clinic on Dec. 9-10, when Kansas City hosts the latest in a series of massive free clinics for uninsured people.

“This free clinic event has the potential to be the biggest one yet, because it will extend over two days instead of just one and be held on weekdays instead of over a weekend,” Sheri Wood, executive director of the Kansas City Free Health Clinic and president of the National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC).

At previous one-day C.A.R.E. (Communities Are Responding Everyday) Clinics the NAFC has held, more than 1,700 patients received medical care in Houston on Sept. 26, more than 1,000 received care in New Orleans on Nov. 14, and more than 1,000 received care in Little Rock on Nov. 21.

“We have been very pleased with the response by not only patients but also by hundreds of medical and non-medical volunteers at the first three events,” NAFC Executive Director Nicole Lamoureux said. “These clinics provide patients with the opportunity to receive much-needed medical treatment and also connect them with free clinics and other safety-net providers in their areas.”

Patients should register for the Kansas City clinic by calling 877-249-5030 toll-free as soon as possible to schedule appointments. Medical and non-medical volunteers should register online at: www.regonline.com/kansascitycare. Information for patients and volunteers also is available online at: http://freeclinics.us.

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