Rhode Island Free Clinic: Our Patients

Primary Care Clinic
The Primary Care Clinic is the gateway to Rhode Island Free Clinic services. If you have a cold or infection, if you suffer from a chronic health problem, such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, or high cholesterol, this is where you receive medical attention. The Primary Care Clinic is open to new patients once a month and tends to the ongoing needs of our existing patient base every Tuesday and Thursday night from 6:00 to 9:00.

Here is where volunteer physicians and nurse practitioners provide initial contact, diagnosis, and treatment for some 1,600+ current primary care clinic patients. Once you’ve been diagnosed, this is where you also receive ongoing medical attention, including basic follow-up treatment, health supervision, management of chronic conditions, preventive health services, and referrals for outside specialty care as appropriate.