OCTOBER
1 2021
Free medical clinic coming to Belmont
File photo A patient is given an eye exam during the Remote Area Medical (RAM) clinic held at SUNY Jamestown Community College in Olean earlier in September. BELMONT — Remote Area Medical, a nonprofit provider of pop-up medical clinics, will be sett ing up in Belmont next month to provide free care. Clinic doors open at 6 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9 and again Sunday, Oct. 10 at the Genesee Valley Central School campus. All RAM services are free, and no ID is required. Free dental, vision and medical services will be provided on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. “Remote Area Medical is glad to be able to help bring free services to those in need in the Belmont community,” said Jeff Eastman, RAM CEO. “This has been a challenging time, and access to healthcare is more important than ever before. Thank you to all the volunteers who are coming to help those in need.” The patient parking lot will open no later than midnight Saturday and remain open. As patients arrive at the parking lot, they will be provided with additional information regarding clinic
opening processes and next steps. Patients should be prepared with their own food, water, medicines, and clothing when arriving early. Bathrooms will be provided. Services available at the clinic will include dental cleanings, dental fi llings, dental extractions, dental xrays, eye exams, glaucoma testing, eyeglass prescriptions, eyeglasses made onsite, women’s health exams, flu vaccines, full lab services, including free blood work and general medical exams. “Over the past two years that we have been working to bring the RAM clinic to our area, I have become so inspired by this organization and the work that they do,” said Anne Campbell, Director of Wellness at Genesee schools. “We are honored that RAM has chosen to collaborate with us, and I look forward to the impact this clinic will have on the health and well-being
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File photo Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville.
Jones Memorial Hospital: Get vaccinated, reduce patient load BY BOB CLARK WELLSVILLE — Allegany County’s largest hospital is asking residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as case counts rise and more than a third of inpatient treatment is for those with the disease. Jones Memorial Hospital and the Allegany County Health Department issued a call to get vaccinated Wednesday. “Allegany County has one of the lowest vaccination rates in New York State and one of the fastest rates of infection increase,” said Tyler Shaw, director of the Allegany County Health Department. “The reasons are simple and easily addressed: Low
vaccination rates combined with decreased social distancing and masking means that more people are gett ing sick and our communities are more vulnerable.” County health officials reported 16 new cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to date to 4,067. Of those cases, 3,910 had recovered, and 92 deaths have been reported by the state Department of Health among residents in state-licensed care facilities. The death data does not include those who died at home. Since Aug. 22, 57 of the 437 cases reported — 13% — have been breakthrough cases — testing positive after having completed a vaccine series.
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