The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.
The Constitution of the WHO
I received an email on Thursday (4/22) from Imam Hassan at the mosque in Colchester, the essence of which I am happy to share with you. The mosque has purchased space and has been working for months now to establish a Free Access Health Clinic. The Imam notes that the clinic is registered as an independent nonprofit entity from the mosque and will also run independently serving all communities of different faiths and backgrounds, insured, underinsured and non-insured.
They note on their website that especially because of Covid-19, the demand for access to free health care exceeds the available resources in Vermont. They hope to open the clinic on June 5 and begin provide health care to our neighbors who would otherwise not get access to a basic human right.