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“You see patients who are just not able to pay. So there are sick people, especially with cancer, and then in the COVID pandemic where people have lost jobs… who are doing all sorts of stuff just to survive,” Atiq, 60, told TODAY.
“For them to have this additional burden, it occurred to us that we were blessed to be able to do this.”
He made the announcement in holiday cards mailed to his patients in December.
This holiday card announced the gesture to patients.
Courtesy Dr. Omar Atiq
“The Arkansas Cancer Clinic was proud to have you as a patient. Although various health insurances pay most of the bills for majority of patients, even the deductibles and co-pays can be burdensome,” the card read.