LEWISTON – Kora Shriners will sponsor free screening clinics at 13 locations throughout the south-central Maine area from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 10.

The local clinic locations are as follows:

Dixfield: David Saphier, 357-3624, Smart Care, Weld Street.

Farmington: Ed Inness, 864-2614, Franklin Memorial Hospital.

Lewiston: Fred Field, 782-0600, 76 High St., Family Practice.

Portland: Freeman Etheridge, 846-3244, Mercy Primary Health Care.

Skowhegan: Dr. Carl Swett, 474-2844, Redington Fairview Hospital.

South Paris: Eugene Tanguay, 824-3611, Stephens Memorial Hospital, Norway.

Windham: Bob Miele, 892-9829, Windham High School.

For a complete listing, visit korashriners.org.

Screening will be performed by volunteer medical professionals from the community to determine if the child has a condition that can be treated at a Shriners Hospital. The clinics will enable local children and their families to avoid unnecessary long-distance travel to a Shriners Hospital in order to determine medical eligibility.

The types of conditions treated are: scoliosis and spinal deformities, clubfoot and related deformities, osteogenesis imperfecta, spina bifida/myelodysplasia, neuromuscular disorders/cerebral palsy, hand problems, hip disorders, cleft lip and palate, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, orthopedic problems resulting from cerebral palsy, missing limbs/limb deficiencies, leg length discrepancies, metabolic bone disease, skeletal growth abnormalities, spinal cord injuries and burn injuries.

Shriners Hospitals for Children is a network of pediatric specialty hospitals founded by the Shrine, where children under the age of 18 receive medical care at no cost to the family.

Anyone who know of a child Shriners Hospitals might be able to help should call the toll-free patient referral line at 800-322-5905 or the Kora office at 782-6831. Kora Shriners represent Shriners from Kittery to Skowhegan. For more information, visit www.KoraShriners.org.