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Good medicine
Free clinic run by volunteers deserves
our support
A few years ago, members of our community concerned
about their neighbors who could not afford
expensive health care insurance policies began working with their friends in Fauquier County, and with support from many sources, established the Fauquier Free Clinic (FFC) in 1993.
Since that time, free medical and dental care has been available to qualified Rappahannock County residents who could make the Thursday night trip to the clinic in Warrenton.
Of the 1,621 patient visits to the clinic last year, a significant number came from our county. Wishing to extend their services to their patients here, the FFC opened their Rappahannock Office in Washington in January. Philip Strange — who for years served as on the FFC advisory board — recruited the medical people, while Jean Lillard and Jennifer Matthews were very involved in bringing the office here.
Support from the county came in the form of allowing the use of the Rappahannock County Health Department facility for the clinic, and a grant of $3,000 to help with expenses.
Currently, the Rappahannock Office of the FFC operates on the first and third Wednesday of each month, , seeing an average of eight patients each evening. , Medical services are provided by Dr. Jerry Martin, Dr. John Evans and Dr. Brooke Miller and his wife Anne, a nurse practitioner.
According to FFC Executive Director Rob Marino, “There has been no problem finding local volunteers to provide administrative and nursing support.”
The Rappahannock Office of the Fauquier Free Clinic provides a critical service for our community, and deserves our full support.
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