Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford is inviting all residents of Rutherford and surrounding counties to attend the Rutherford Medical Mission at Home on Saturday, April 18. Participants are offered free medical, dental, and vision care on a first-come, first-served basis from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. No insurance is required, and everyone will be welcomed.
The Ascension Saint Thomas Medical Mission at Home is a partnership with Hope Smiles and other community organizations to provide select free dental services, pharmacy services, mammograms, vision services, foot and wound care, lab services, and behavioral medicine. Developed by the Ascension Health Leadership Formation program as a ministry to the uninsured and underinsured, Medical Missions at Home events have served more than 20,000 Tennesseans since 2008.
LOCATION: Central Magnet School, 701 East Main Street, Murfreesboro, TN
Ascension (www.ascension.org) is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. In FY2019, Ascension provided $2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. Ascension includes approximately 156,000 associates and 34,000 aligned providers. The national health system operates more than 2,600 sites of care - including 150 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities - in 20 states and the District of Columbia, while providing a variety of services including physician practice management, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, facilities management, clinical care management, information services, risk management, and contracting through Ascension's own group purchasing organization.
