CCC's Response to COVID-19:
The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) will touch every resident of our community.
As a free clinic in Rowan County, the Community Care Clinic will continue to provide medical, dental and pharmacy services for individuals who are uninsured or unable to access care.
We are an integral part of the safety-net healthcare system.
- Free clinics reduce the burden on patients and emergency providers by caring for patients with non-emergency chronic and acute conditions. This allows emergency providers to address urgent cases while reducing the long-lasting financial burden of patients whose symptoms are not appropriate for emergency settings.
- Free clinics, which are not federally funded agencies, are not recipients of emergency funding passed to prevent, prepare for and respond to coronavirus.
- Free clinics provide care to the most vulnerable groups -- more than 70% of CCC's patients have chronic conditions like diabetes or high blood pressure.
To best protect patients, volunteers and staff, CCC has taken multiple cleaning and procedural measures to avoid the spread of the virus.
Effective Monday, March 16th, the CCC lobby will be closed. Patients are asked to call in their prescriptions two days in advance and can pick them up via a drive thru pharmacy from 10am – 12pm and 1pm – 3pm, Monday - Thursday.
Our medical provider will treat patients via telemedicine which will further increase access to care during these difficult times.
This remains a dynamic situation and CCC will continue to monitor and remain proactive regarding the public health recommendations, with the safety and health of our patients, volunteers and staff at the focus of every decision we make.
Thank You
CCC Staff
