Haight Ashbury Free Clinics

Haight Ashbury Free Clinics
Industryrehabilitation
FoundedJune 7, 1967 (1967-06-07)
FounderDr. David E. Smith
DefunctJuly 2019 (2019-07)
Number of locations
Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, California
Area served
Northern California
WebsiteHaight Ashbury Free Clinics website

The Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc. was a free health care service in Northern California which remained in service from June 7, 1967 until July 2019.[1]

Overview

The organization was founded by Dr. David E. Smith in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, California on June 7, 1967, during the counterculture of the 1960s. As thousands of youth arrived in the city, many were in need of substance abuse treatment, mental health service, and medical attention.[citation needed]

The clinics merged in 2011 with Walden House an addiction treatment organization; in 2012 they adopted a new name: HealthRIGHT 360.[2]

Famous patients

References

  1. ^ Ho, Catherine (August 5, 2019). "End of an era in Haight-Ashbury: Original free clinic closes its doors". San Francisco Chronicle.
  2. ^ "Our Mission: History". HealthRIGHT360. Retrieved November 28, 2018.

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