Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Rutland Free Clinic may close - lack of funds

The Rutland Free Clinic may be forced to close. The clinic has a thirty thousand dollar gap in its budget, and if a way can’t be found to close it, about sixteen hundred people without adequate insurance may have to go without medical care. Executive Director Karen Glade said the free clinic usually receives a 73-thousand dollar grant from the state, but the delivery of those funds has been moved from August to October. Unless enough cash can be raised, the clinic will close by the middle of next month and won’t reopen until the grant is received. All is not lost just yet, however. State Senators William Carris and Kevin Mullin have told Glade they would make calls to get the grant funds released.