The Athens Free Clinic has connected uninsured residents with medical students and full-time staff since 2018. This month, the organization announced a major milestone: it has now provided more than $1 million worth of free medical care.
Dr. Suzanne Lester, Medical Director of the Athens Free Clinic and Clarke Middle Health Center—and Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the Augusta University–University of Georgia Medical Partnership—spoke with WUGA’s Alexia Ridley about what this milestone means for the clinic and the Athens community.
Here’s that conversation.
