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Remote
Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM) is a nonprofit
all volunteer medical relief corps serving remote
and impoverished areas of the United States and
abroad. The Health Wagon annually spearheads the
event that was held July 24, 25, 26 2009 in Wise,
VA. The focus is primarily the provision of eye,
dental and medical care. The Remote Area Medical
Expedition at Wise again surpassed their own United
State's record for number of patients seen in a
three-day period that being 5,598 patient encounters
and provided in excess of 1.6 million dollars in
free care.
The Health Wagon has provided support for several
other RAM projects including the second RAM event in
Harrogate, TN with Lincoln Memorial University that
rendered 1,061 patient services and 108,625.00
dollars in free care. The Health Wagon also
continues to support the RAM project in Grundy, VA.
In 2007, 2,349 patient encounters were logged
providing 489,190.00 dollars in free care. Both of
these successful projects as well as others have
been born out of the project at Wise, VA.
The Health Wagon again participated in the second
RAM expedition in New Orleans reaching over 1,300
miles beyond its own region to provide women's
health care services to those in desperate need of
care post Karina. Free eye, dental and medical care
was again provided with the value exceeding one
million dollars during the seven day mission. Over
12,125 patient services were rendered with the
support of 871 volunteers. Board members Dr. Joe
Smiddy, Sr. Jean Korkisch, and volunteers Rose Ann
Kennedy, and Lee Ann Bailey visited the still
devastated area to provide care to others in need of
health care.

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