Denny Duquette Memorial Clinic



The Denny Duquette Memorial Clinic (The Clinic) is a free clinic and part of Seattle Grace Hospital, opposite the ER. It was established by Miranda Bailey and named in honour of Denny Duquette, funded by the 8.7 million dollars that he had left to Izzie Stevens as inheritance.

History
Bailey wanted to start a free clinic at Seattle Grace, to allow people to have problems seen to early and catch serious disease early, such as cancer. Many, including the senior surgical attendings, including the Chief scoffed at this, as this was not even a surgical issue. Sydney Heron believed was a ploy to become Chief Resident.

Bailey did encounter one problem, after she had the senior surgical physicians sign on, she had no funding for the clinic. After weeks of having the cheque lying around at home, making everyone anxious, Izzie put nearly all the money from the cheque into the development of the clinic.

In the beginning the clinic was free with not much success but in Season 4, Bailey told Addison that it began making money. Bailey originally owned the clinic but at the end of Season 4, she handed it over to Izzie Stevens as she was finding it hard to manage her time between the clinic, her OR schedule, her Chief Resident duties, her paperwork and her family, knowing Izzie was the right person and good hands to leave the clinic in.

Equipment
The clinic has several beds, a private consultation room and is stocked and equipped for primary care.

The clinic is, however, not prepared for some medical emergencies, despite a crash cart present, Cristina was forced to take a patient to the ER following a severe skin infection.

Generally, the clinic appears to be staffed by nurses and surgical staff, mostly interns with a few residents, previously Bailey and now Izzie, to supervise, though consideration is taken that the ER is across the ambulance bay from the clinic.