MEND Free Clinics in Pitt County
Juan, ACA Certified Marketplace Navigator and Spanish interpreter, and Lisa, HealthAssist Social Worker, at a 2020 free clinic during the COVID pandemic.
Through MEND, our HealthAssist team members, along with local medical professionals, medical students, and other volunteers, help staff two free clinics in Greenville, N.C. Together, these separate locations offer regular opportunities for our uninsured neighbors to be seen and treated for non-emergency medical issues, and to receive a variety of health-related screenings. One clinic also provides patients donated household, clothing and toiletry items, as available.
Patients from surrounding counties may be seen at the clinics as well. The only pre-condition is that they cannot be covered by health insurance.
The two clinics are located in different parts of town, giving patients better opportunities for access.
See details on each clinic, below, including hours of operation and specific types of medical coverage.
JOY Community Clinic
The Dr. Irons HealthAssist Clinic
Clinic staff, with a bow-tied Dr. Thomas Irons, whom the clinic is named for, and who provides medical supervision.
Located in west Greenville's JOY Community Center & Soup Kitchen. Provides such free health-care services to the uninsured as treatment of acute non-emergency issues (colds, bug bites, rashes, etc.), and assists with chronic-disease management (for heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc.). Lab analysis available for A1C blood-sugar levels and cholesterol.
Staffed by the HealthAssist team, with a nurse practitioner available for scheduled appointments one day a week, under physician supervision.
Scheduled donations of certain household, clothing and hygiene items are accepted at the clinic for distribution to patients.
Current hours: Open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. weekdays, except Wednesdays.
Wednesday hours: 10 a.m.- about 1 p.m. A nurse practitioner is onsite for appointments Wednesdays; call (252) 847-2821 or (252) 814-5094 to schedule. The last appointment seen is at noon.
El personal médico puede incluir un intérprete de español.
Location: 700 Albemarle Ave., Greenville.
Pitt County Care Clinic (PCCC)
at the Pitt County Health Department
Care is led by ECU Brody School of Medicine medical and pre-med students, assisted by volunteer physicians. PCCC serves patients from any county, offering acute primary care, including medication refills and some lab testing, as well as blood-pressure and blood-sugar/A1C screenings.
Current hours: Open every other Sunday, from noon-4 p.m.; visit here for a current schedule, or scan the code, below, to be taken to the PCCC Facebook page. Patients must arrive by 2 p.m. to be seen.
Note: Patients seen first-come, first-served, with clinic doors locked once capacity is reached.
El personal médico incluye un intérprete de español.
Location: 201 Government Circle, Greenville.