Walk-ins welcome, testing is free, anonymous and confidential

Quincy, MA (January 20, 2009) – Quincy South Shore AIDS Cares (QSSAC) now offers free, anonymous and confidential HIV testing at the Randolph Board of Health, 1 Turner Lane, on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome. For more information, call the QSSAC HIV Testing Line at 617-376-5462.
Quincy/South Shore AIDS Cares is a department within Quincy Medical Center and is funded through a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. QSSAC seeks to  improve quality of life and assist community residents living with HIV and AIDS, through case management, which includes coordinating  services, advocacy, and referrals to appropriate and helpful services/resources both locally and statewide. QSSAC’s specially trained case managers provide free and confidential services to people living with HIV and AIDS in Quincy, Braintree, Weymouth, Randolph, Milton, Norwell, Norwood, Hingham, Hull, Scituate, Cohasset, Canton and Sharon.
Quincy Medical Center is a 196-bed acute care community-teaching hospital providing South Shore residents with comprehensive medical and surgical services. The medical center’s Alliance for Quality with Boston Medical Center (BMC), formed in 1999, brings academic medicine to the community. At Quincy Medical Center, physicians from Boston Medical Center direct the departments of medicine, surgery, anesthesia, and emergency medicine. Additionally, physicians from BMC who are board-certified in a range of medical and surgical specialties work alongside community physicians to ensure the continuity of care. Quincy Medical Center is a leader in quality benchmarks both state and nationwide.