Local

Event offering no-cost healthcare services coming to Greene County this weekend

blood pressure DORCHESTER, MA - APRIL 11: Dr. Elizabeth Maziarka reads a blood pressure gauge during an examination of patient June Mendez at the Codman Square Health Center April 11, 2006 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is scheduled to sign a health care reform bill April 12 that would make it the first state in the nation to require all its citizens have some form of health insurance. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (Joe Raedle)
(Joe Raedle)

XENIA — Several healthcare services will be offered at no cost during a two-day event in Greene County this weekend.

The one-time “GuardCare” weekend will take place at the Greene County Career Center on Innovation Drive on Aug. 10-11 for those in Greene and surrounding counties.

>> Kettering Health announces plans for new medical center in Greene County

The event, put on through a partnership between the Ohio Adjutant General’s Department/Ohio National Guard and the Ohio Department of Health, will provide no-cost healthcare services including car seat checks, dental exams, mental health screenings, and Medicaid enrollment.

Those participating will not be asked to pay nor asked to provide insurance information.

A GuardCare weekend normally takes place once each summer in a different part of the state, but this is the first one in Ohio since 2019. It’s also the first time this has been held in Greene County.

The event will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.

More information can be found here.

0