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糖心Vlog students and an alumnus were among the volunteers at a Remote Area Medical (RAM) clinic in Harrisonburg on March 2 and 3.<\/span><\/p>\n

Based in Tennessee, <\/span>RAM<\/span><\/a> has offered dental, vision and medical care at over 1,000 clinics in the United States since 1985. In Harrisonburg for the first time, the clinic, which relies on volunteer providers and workers, provided 371 dental, 307 medical, and 287 vision care appointments to 601 people over two days at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds, organizers said. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to alleviating the needs of many community members, this clinic was an opportunity for our students to gain valuable experience seeing how a community can join together to provide free health services to anyone who walks through the door,\u201d said Professor <\/span>Julia Halterman<\/span><\/a>, who directs the 糖心Vlog MS in Biomedicine program<\/a>. \u201c糖心Vlog pre-health students display a deep compassion for serving others, and this RAM clinic was a great opportunity for students to give back to the community. \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Nathan Ropelewski<\/b> helped with clinic setup, and <\/span>Sitasma Khatri<\/b> assisted patients on the clinic\u2019s first day. Both biomedicine graduate students and members of 糖心Vlog\u2019s Pre-Student Osteopathic Medical Association, they were \u201cblown away\u201d by the clinic\u2019s magnitude and the high numbers of both patients in need and eager volunteers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was huge,\u201d Ropelewski said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some patients, Khatri noted, traveled for hours to be seen, sleeping in their cars and waiting in line for hours through the night. One had even walked there from Timberville, a trek of over 20 miles and eight hours, according to organizers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Retired ophthalmologist and Rockingham County resident <\/span>Calvin Miller \u201966<\/b>, who has volunteered at RAM clinics for 15 years and was featured in a <\/span>WMRA report about the event<\/span><\/a>, said that his decades of practicing in medically underserved areas have exposed him to \u201clots and lots of folks\u201d without full access to eye care. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRAM makes it so easy to offer services that I\u2019m still trained to do, so I do it,\u201d he said. \u201cI liked what I was doing, and it\u2019s a way to keep my fingers in the field that I was trained and that I worked in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Many other volunteers, too, flocked to the clinic, including from across state lines.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I got there at 5:30 [the first day] morning, the line for the volunteers was already out that door,\u201d Khatri said. \u201cPeople got there at 4 or 4:30 in the morning to ensure that each station had enough people. I thought that commitment from people who were willing to drive out on a Saturday morning to serve others was incredible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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