MARIE GHAZAL, CEO of the Rhode Island Free Clinic, said her organization has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on COVID-19-related expenses during the pandemic. She hopes a possible grant from the new vaccine incentive program can give a boost to her organization. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Free Clinic CEO Marie Ghazal has seen COVID-19, and the state's response, from all angles for more than a year. The leader of the local health care nonprofit has helped multiple residents with low incomes to get tested for the coronavirus, as well as get them vaccinated to combat the pandemic…