About Us
For 20 years, The MetroWest Free Medical Program (MWFMP) has served as an entry point to the health care system for those in MetroWest who are uninsured/insufficiently insured.
Fast Facts
- We provide free, in-person care to individuals in MetroWest, Massachusetts during evening clinics in Sudbury (Vision) and Marlborough (General Medicine, Women's Health).
- Over 90 volunteers and seven part-time staff provide our services. We engage interpreters both as consultants and volunteers.
- We have held over 25,000 patient visits since our founding in 2004.
- The majority of our patients are Brazilian immigrants or citizens and speak Portuguese as their primary language.
- We have attained the 2022 Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency.
- We have attained the National Association of Free Clinics Gold Standards Rating 2022-2024.
Looking BAck Over the Years
“It is an honor to be able to support the MetroWest Free Medical Program in memory of my father, Dr. “Bud” Hurwitz.
Working to establish the clinic at Temple Beth El in Sudbury in the early 2000s was a labor of love for Dad. He believed in “tikkun olam”— working to repair the world. As he slowed down his work at his orthopedic practice in Marlborough, he put his energies into making sure adequate medical care was available to all— establishing the clinic, volunteering weekly, obtaining supplies and recruiting other medical providers. Even after Dad moved from Sudbury to Dedham, he drove to the clinic weekly to care for others; he did this until he had to give up driving at the age of 85. When he passed away in late 2020, it was the Clinic and his medical school that my siblings and I felt were where Dad would best be honored. He would be delighted to know that the clinic has survived the pandemic and providers are back seeing patients in person.
It is my pleasure to honor his memory with a gift to the clinic.”
—Amy Hurwitz Gutschenritter, December 23, 2021
Dr. Israel "Bud" Hurwitz