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赖特社区卫生中心在迪克森市开设保健中心，扩大全人初级保健服务的覆盖面
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.
赖特中心的副首席运营官 Marianne Linko。
随着这些新地点的落成，莱特中心已拥有 12 个社区医疗中心，包括一个名为 "健康驱动 "的流动医疗和牙科单位，为宾夕法尼亚州东北部不同年龄、收入水平和保险状况的患者提供服务。
赖特中心是一家联邦合格医疗中心（Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike），其社区医疗中心网络不断扩大，遍布拉克瓦纳、卢泽恩、韦恩和怀俄明等县。根据全国社区卫生中心协会（NACHC）的数据，全美每年有超过 3150 万人在像赖特中心这样的社区卫生中心接受负担得起的优质医疗服务。
社区卫生中心倡议由美国民权运动领袖于 20 世纪 60 年代创立，旨在为服务不足的地区（如城市低收入社区和农村地区）提供医疗服务。推广者认为，这是一种改善人们健康的手段，同时还能增强社区能力和减少贫困，因为保健中心提供低成本或免费服务以及维持家庭生计的就业机会。据美国全国社区卫生中心协会（NACHC）称，目前美国有 1400 多个社区卫生中心和类似组织。
