RALEIGH, N.C. – The Mariam Clinic, a new nonprofit organization that provides free health care to low-income, uninsured adults in Wake and Durham Counties, opened its doors in October 2007. The clinic is located near Rex Healthcare Center in Raleigh and provides medical treatment for acute and chronic illnesses, as well as social service and physician referrals, psychiatry and counseling, discounted lab and radiology services, and interpreters for five languages, including Spanish and Arabic.
Open on Sunday afternoons from 1 PM – 5 PM, the Mariam Clinic was created to fill the gaps of other local safety net providers. With more than 100,000 uninsured citizens in Wake County alone, the need for such clinics is enormous. The Mariam Clinic offers weekend hours because 80% of the uninsured are employed, mostly in hourly-wage jobs, which can make it difficult to keep appointments during the traditional weekday hours of many clinics
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