Habari
Kituo cha Wright cha Afya ya Jamii kinapanua ufikiaji wa huduma za afya ya msingi ya mtu mzima kwa kufungua kituo cha afya katika Jiji la Dickson
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, naibu afisa mkuu wa uendeshaji katika
Kituo cha Wright.
Pamoja na maeneo haya mapya, Kituo cha Wright kina vituo 12 vya afya vya jamii, ikiwa ni pamoja na kitengo cha simu cha mkononi cha matibabu na meno kiitwacho Driving Better Health, kinachohudumia wagonjwa wa rika zote, viwango vya mapato na hali ya bima Kaskazini-mashariki mwa Pennsylvania. Kituo cha Wright kilitibu zaidi ya wagonjwa 35,400 wa kipekee katika mwaka wa fedha wa 2023-24.
Kituo cha Wright ni Kituo cha Afya Kilichohitimu Kitaifa Kinavyofanana na mtandao unaokua wa vituo vya afya vya jamii kote katika kaunti za Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, na Wyoming. Zaidi ya watu milioni 31.5 kote nchini hupokea huduma za afya za bei nafuu, za hali ya juu kila mwaka katika vituo vya afya vya jamii kama Kituo cha Wright, kulingana na Chama cha Kitaifa cha Vituo vya Afya ya Jamii (NACHC).
Mpango wa kituo cha afya cha jamii, ulioanzishwa na viongozi wa Vuguvugu la Haki za Kiraia la Marekani katika miaka ya 1960, ulifikiriwa kama njia ya kutoa huduma katika maeneo ambayo hayajahudumiwa kama vile vitongoji vya mijini vya kipato cha chini na mazingira ya vijijini. Wakuzaji waliona kuwa ni njia ya kuboresha afya ya watu huku pia wakiwezesha jamii na kupunguza umaskini, kwani vituo vya afya vinatoa huduma za gharama nafuu au zisizo na gharama pamoja na fursa za ajira za kuendeleza familia. Leo, kuna zaidi ya vituo vya afya vya jamii 1,400 na mashirika yanayofanana nchini Marekani, kulingana na NACHC.
