Hundreds attend clinic preview party
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Carol Sivewright, a volunteer for Passionate Pinks, holds up a brick advertising the nonprofit. The "fundraiser pavers" will be cemented into the sidewalk of the Virginia B. Andes Community Clinic in Port Charlotte.
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Laura Amendola, the Rev. Art Schute and Virginia B. Andes attended the preview party for the new facility on Tuesday night.
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Noreen Chervinski, Jay Glynn and Suzanne Roberts attended the preview party for the opening of Virginia B. Andes Community Clinic Tuesday evening in Port Charlotte.
PORT CHARLOTTE — It was the first day it opened — Aug. 7, 2008.
A patient walked in and said she had had chest pains and a cough for eight months. She also had lost weight. The diagnosis was Hodgkin’s disease. The woman had no money, but because of the care she received from doctors at a free community clinic, she was able to be treated and is alive today.
