3,111 patients treated at free health clinic

In just two days, volunteer medical staff treated 3,111 patients — free of charge — at a pop-up health clinic at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center. Volunteers treated patients on a first-come, first-served basis Monday and Tuesday at the health clinic event, Your Best Pathway to Health, which garnered help from more than 1,600 volunteers. Among them were more than 100 physicians, dentists and ophthalmologists and nearly 300 nurses and hygienists. The clinic treated 1,485 patients on Monday and 1,626 on Tuesday. “We are honored and thrilled that we have brought hope and healing to over 3,000 Spokane residents,” said Costin Jordache, a spokesman for the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, which helped coordinate the event. “We won’t soon forget Spokane.” The clinic is a service of Adventist-Laymen’s Services & Industries and was supported by the Spokane County Commission, Spokane Mayor David Condon and numerous local sponsors and medical companies.