Anyone older than three years old with the ability to travel to Bledsoe County High School or Rhea County Middle School can receive medical, dental, and optometry services at no cost from July 11-21, except for July 19. No-cost treatment for cats and dogs is available at Rhea County Fairgrounds July 11-21, except for July 15 and 19. Both clinics will operate from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The no-cost clinics are known as Operation Healthy Tennessee, one of the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) programs. These medical missions provide training opportunities to military units while providing incidental benefit to communities via no-cost healthcare. Care is delivered ... (click for more)