The Wright Center for Community Health will open a new health center in Dickson City on Tuesday, Sept. 3, as part of its efforts to expand access to whole-person primary health services across the region.
Drs. Supriana Bhandol and Ajit Pannu will lead the new location at 312 Boulevard Ave., Dickson City. Both are 2023 graduates of The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education’s Regional Family Medicine Residency and currently treat patients at The Wright Center’s Teaching Health Center in Scranton.
The Wright Center for Community Health has provided safety-net primary and preventive care services across the region for decades. The Dickson City location will be open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and offer whole-person primary health services for people of all ages, from pediatrics to geriatrics. In addition to primary care services, including checkups, physicals, screenings, and treatment of common illnesses and injuries, the new community health center will offer community-based addiction treatment and recovery services, including medication-assisted treatment. To make an appointment, call 570-489-4567 or visit TheWrightCenter.org.
The location is the former medical offices of Drs. Cynthia M. Oleski and Giovanni Ramos. After deciding to relocate, the doctors contacted The Wright Center about stepping in so patients would not experience care interruptions.
“Opening an office in Dickson City is another example of how we are fulfilling our mission,” said Marianne Linko, deputy chief operating officer at The Wright Center. “It’s also a great opportunity for two of our Regional Family Medicine Residency graduates to take on a larger role as physicians in the community.”
The Dickson City location is one of two new health centers The Wright Center will launch in September. On Monday, Sept. 9, The Wright Center’s first health center in Wyoming County will open at the former Tyler Memorial Hospital, 5950 U.S. Route 6, Suite 401, Tunkhannock. The location will be open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and offer a full slate of primary care services as well as addiction treatment and recovery services, including medication-assisted treatment.

Marianne Linko, diretora de operações adjunta do
The Wright Center.
Com esses novos locais, o The Wright Center tem 12 centros de saúde comunitários, incluindo uma unidade médica e odontológica móvel chamada Driving Better Health, atendendo pacientes de todas as idades, níveis de renda e status de seguro no nordeste da Pensilvânia. O Wright Center tratou mais de 35,400 pacientes únicos no ano fiscal de 2023-24.
O Wright Center é um Centro de Saúde Federalmente Qualificado semelhante a uma rede crescente de centros de saúde comunitários nos condados de Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne e Wyoming. Mais de 31,5 milhões de pessoas em todo o país recebem cuidados de saúde acessíveis e de alta qualidade todos os anos em centros de saúde comunitários como o The Wright Center, de acordo com a National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC).
A iniciativa do centro de saúde comunitário, fundada por líderes do Movimento dos Direitos Civis dos EUA na década de 1960, foi concebida como uma forma de prestar cuidados em áreas carentes, como bairros urbanos de baixa renda e ambientes rurais. Os promotores viram-no como um meio de melhorar a saúde das pessoas e, ao mesmo tempo, capacitar as comunidades e reduzir a pobreza, uma vez que os centros de saúde oferecem acesso a serviços de baixo custo ou gratuitos, bem como a oportunidades de emprego que sustentam a família. Atualmente, existem mais de 1.400 centros de saúde comunitários e organizações similares nos EUA, de acordo com o NACHC.











