The Western Berks Free Medical Clinic is now the Berks County Free Medical Clinic, the organization announced Friday.
The Robesonia-based clinic, which provides free primary-care services to adults without health insurance coverage, has also opened a second site in Reading.
The name change reflects the clinic’s commitment to serve a broader geographical area.
Both changes are effective immediately.
The new clinic site at Mary’s Shelter, 615 Kenhorst Boulevard, will be open to adults without health insurance on Tuesday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
“The opening of our new clinic will allow us the better serve the City of Reading and its environs so that city patients, who make up about 50% of our patient population, do not need to travel 14 miles to our Robesonia clinic,” Greg Colahan, executive director, said in a news release.
Colahan said the clinic’s board of directors is grateful to the board of directors of Mary’s Shelter for its support, which made the expansion into the city possible.
“We will operate both clinics, Robesonia and Reading, to provide free medical care to the underserved,” said Cheryl Moody, president of the board.
Patients wishing to make an appointment for either location can call 610-693-6207 or visit the clinic’s website at www.berksfmc.com.
The free medical clinic in Robesonia opened inside St. Daniel’s Lutheran Church, 480 Big Spring Road, in October 2002.
An independent nonprofit organization, it has provided more than 10,000 primary and chronic appointments at no cost to individual patients.
This volunteer-driven service relies exclusively on financial donations to cover its expenses.
Source: Berkshire mont