One of Richmond's Best-Kept Secrets!   Welcome to the official web site of the Center for High Blood Pressure, formerly Richmond Area High Blood Pressure Center. We are a nurse-run, free clinic offering health care services to the uninsured citizens of Greater Richmond. For more than 25 years, the Center has been preventing Strokes, Heart Attacks and Kidney Failure by detecting and helping to manage hypertension among the uninsured population of Greater Richmond. Discovering that more than 40% of our patients also had diabetes and/or high cholesterol, we decided to begin treating these health issues as well. The Center nursing staff and volunteer physicians see more than 1800 different patients each year. Along with our community partners, we have been able to make significant improvements in the health of individuals who otherwise could not afford the care they need. This center is a model of medical service delivery that boasts some of the best rates of disease control in the country.   Check out our latest newsletter featuring pictures of from Vino for Vitality, a turkey soup recipe, and information about diabetes and flu shots. Newsletter The Center is in need of certain items.  Please check out our wish list to see if you or your company can make a donation. Wish List * File Cabinets * Desks/Tables * Chairs * Bookshelves * Exam Table Paper * Paper Gowns * Office Supplies * Vacuum * EKG Machine * Copy Machine * New Phone system * New computers * New software * New Air Conditioning System   ← Same Place, New Face → New Services VESL Program For the past 24 years, all our services have been reserved for the uninsured and medically underserved patients of Richmond. We are expanding our mission through a new community-based service.  The VESL Program (Voluntary Evaluation and Screening for Life) is an outreach effort that provides health screening services to companies that care about their employees.  This service is designed to help people discover possible health threats and give guidance to managing those threats.