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हाम्रो नामका संस्थापकले हामीलाई राइट स्टार्ट दिए

राइट सेन्टरको स्थापना सन् १९७६ मा स्क्र्यान्टन-टेम्पल रेजिडेन्सी प्रोग्रामको रूपमा भएको थियो। पेन्सिलभेनियाको आर्कबाल्डनिवासी अग्रगामी चिकित्सक डा. रोबर्ट इ. राइटले स्टार्टअपको नेतृत्व गरे र समुदायको समर्थन जुटाए। राइट र चिकित्सक प्रशिक्षण कार्यक्रमका अन्य प्रारम्भिक समर्थकहरू विशेष गरी स्थानीय रूपमा अभ्यास गर्न छनौट गर्ने डाक्टरहरू विकास गर्न इच्छुक थिए। यी समुदायका नेताहरूले उत्तरपूर्वी पेन्सिलभेनियामा सेवानिवृत्त चिकित्सकहरूको स्लट हरू भर्न आउने चुनौतीको भविष्यवाणी गरे।

रेजिडेन्सी कार्यक्रमले जुलाई १, १९७७ मा आफ्नो पहिलो विद्यार्थीहरूलाई स्वागत गर् यो। यसको उद्घाटन कक्षामा छ जना इन्टरनल मेडिसिन फिजिसियनहरू थिए। त्यसपछिका दशकहरूमा, यो कार्यक्रम सबैभन्दा ठूलो अमेरिकी स्वास्थ्य संसाधन र सेवा प्रशासन (एचआरएसए) -वित्त पोषित शिक्षण स्वास्थ्य केन्द्र स्नातक चिकित्सा शिक्षा सुरक्षा नेट कन्सोर्टियमहरू मध्ये एकको रूपमा विकसित भएको छ। सन् २०१० मा, स्क्र्यान्टन-टेम्पल रेसिडेन्सी प्रोग्रामको बोर्ड अफ डाइरेक्टर्सले डा राइटको सम्मानमा संगठनको नाम परिवर्तन गर्न मतदान गरेको थियो। राइट र उनको अझै पनि खुलासा विरासतको बारेमा थप पढ्नुहोस् ।

चिकित्सकहरूलाई प्रशिक्षण दिने, बिरामीहरू निको पार्ने

In the more than 50 years since its founding, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education has grown in size and scope to reflect the community’s – and the nation’s – evolving needs. It now trains hundreds of resident and fellow physicians each academic year. All of its residency and fellowship programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Learn about the programs.

राइट सेन्टरका शिक्षार्थीहरूले अस्पतालहरू र समुदायमा आधारित सेटिङहरूमा प्रशिक्षण दिन्छन्, जसमा राइट सेन्टर फर कम्युनिटी हेल्थद्वारा संचालित स्वास्थ्य केन्द्रहरू पनि समावेश छन्। संगठन समुदाय-स्वामित्व र रोगी-शासित छ। यसले वार्षिक रूपमा दशौं हजार बिरामीहरूलाई सेवा प्रदान गर्दछ, सबै उमेरका व्यक्तिहरूको लागि व्यापक प्राथमिक र निवारक हेरचाहमा पहुँच प्रदान गर्दछ। हाम्रो सम्पूर्ण व्यक्ति प्राथमिक स्वास्थ्य सेवाहरूको बारेमा जान्नुहोस्।

चिकित्सकहरूलाई प्रशिक्षण दिने, बिरामीहरू निको पार्ने

हाम्रो समुदायको प्रभाव बढ्दै

Today, The Wright Center nonprofit enterprise is a mission-driven organization with nearly 680 employees. Its humble origins remain a point of pride. However, it increasingly is active far beyond Greater Scranton, advocating at the state and national levels for needed improvements to both the U.S. medical education system and healthcare delivery system.

In 2019, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) designated The Wright Center as a Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike. This designation has allowed The Wright Center to access federal resources and expertise so that it can better meet community needs. It continues to expand access to affordable, high-quality whole-person primary and preventive health services to the region’s residents, including those from rural and other medically underserved areas.

On Aug. 1, 2026, The Wright Center for Community Health achieved a transformational milestone when HRSA designated it as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Awarded through HRSA’s highly competitive New Access Point Program, the designation transitions The Wright Center from an FQHC Look-Alike to a funded FQHC, providing new resources to expand access to affordable, high-quality whole-person primary and preventive health services throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania. It also creates new opportunities to strengthen community-based physician training, workforce development, innovative models of care, and community outreach.

For the communities we serve, the designation means a stronger healthcare safety net and greater capacity to meet people where they are. It enables The Wright Center to establish its first community health center in Monroe County, extending integrated medical, dental, mental and behavioral health, and addiction and recovery services to residents of a rural area with limited access to care. More broadly, the designation will help The Wright Center continue ensuring that individuals and families can access comprehensive, compassionate care close to home, regardless of their ability to pay.

The new designation means The Wright Center will have health centers in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Wayne, and Wyoming counties.

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Wright Center acquired a mobile medical and dental unit called Driving Better Health. A care team uses the vehicle to extend primary and preventive services, such as immunizations, to historically marginalized and hard-to-reach populations, meeting patients where they live, work, play, and study.

राइट सेन्टरले सबै बिरामीहरूलाई आय स्तरको परवाह नगरी हेरचाह प्रदान गर्दछ वा उनीहरू कम बीमा गरिएको वा बीमा नगरिएको छ कि छैन। पैसा तिर्न नसकेर कुनै पनि बिरामीलाई फर्काइँदैन । योग्य व्यक्तिहरूले परिवारको आकार र आयको आधारमा स्लाइडिंग-शुल्क छूट कार्यक्रमका लागि योग्य हुन सक्दछन्।

The Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement, a subsidiary of The Wright Center for Community Health, was formalized in the 2020s. It focuses on expanding access to care and addressing the social drivers of health – including food insecurity, homelessness and poverty – that can adversely affect underserved patients.

The Wright Center’s complementary organizations all are working in tandem to fulfill the enterprise’s mission. Read more about our mission and values, and a bold 10-year vision.