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MetroWest Free Medical Program receives grant from Massachusetts Medical Society & Alliance Charitable Foundation

Waltham, Mass. – April 15 – The Metro West Free Medical Program in Sudbury has received a grant of $15,000 from the Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance Charitable Foundation to support the program’s diabetes care for the uninsured, including identifying clients in need of care and medical management. This is the sixth grant the program has received from the Foundation since 2009, totaling $95,000. 

Founded in 2004, the MetroWest Free Medical Program provides care for the uninsured and underinsured at locations in Sudbury and Framingham for residents throughout the MetroWest area.  For information on the program, visit www.metrowestfreemedicalprogram.org/

The grant is one of 12 the Foundation has made for 2014 totaling $196,500 to agencies across the state to support a variety of health and medical services, including HIV testing, training for rape crisis counselors, teen health services, violence prevention, and heath care for the uninsured and underinsured.

The Massachusetts Medical Society & Alliance Charitable Foundation is a supporting organization of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the statewide association of physicians, and works on behalf of physicians and their families to improve the health and well-being of people across the Commonwealth. It supports physician-led volunteer initiatives that provide free care to the uninsured and increased access to care for the underserved.

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More information on the MMS and Alliance Charitable Foundation may be found at www.mmsfoundation.org.

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