医疗服务返回旧西德纳姆医院

哥伦比亚大学牙科学院在西哈莱姆区建立了老年人初级保健中心

纽约，纽约- 2000年10月6日-哥伦比亚大学牙科与口腔外科学院为老年人建立的初级保健中心，是第一个由牙科学校开发的中心，今天举行了一个由社区、选举和大学官员参加的奠基仪式。新的5000平方。位于曼尼·l·威尔逊大厦的福特健康中心，将是唯一一个将综合口腔和医疗初级卫生保健服务结合起来的设施，专门为曼哈顿北部的老年人和他们的家庭提供服务。一楼设施预计于2001年9月竣工。初级保健设施将包括5个牙科诊所、6个医疗检查室、1个牙科实验室和1个x光室。工作人员将提供牙科检查、预防性牙科服务、牙科护理和医疗服务，包括内科、耳鼻喉科、足科、眼科、精神病学、心脏病学、外科和风湿病学。除了诊断和治疗，工作人员将提供健康促进和疾病预防项目，戒烟项目，健康教育。该项目正在初级保健发展公司、西哈莱姆集团援助公司、曼尼·l·威尔逊大厦、菲普斯大厦、大厦管理机构以及住房和城市发展部的协助下开发。哥伦比亚大学牙科与口腔外科学院和哈莱姆医院医疗中心内科与外科医学院的教员和管理人员将对该中心进行全面监督。哥伦比亚大学牙科与口腔外科学院院长Allan Formicola博士说:“这个中心将解决曼哈顿北部一个非常具体和庞大的人口的需求——老年人。” “We look forward to working with Harlem Hospital Center and the community to make basic medical and dental primary care more easily accessible to seniors and their families.” “Columbia University and Harlem Hospital Center have meant a great deal to this community,” says U.S. Representative Charles B. Rangel of northern Manhattan. “By working with community leaders and residents, they were able to determine peoples’ needs and address them through the creation of this center.” Charlie King, Housing Secretary Cuomo’s Representative for New York & New Jersey said, “ The Columbia University center at Mannie L. Wilson Towers represents the vision of the kind of project that Secretary Cuomo has been working toward: an integrated approach to providing needed housing for low income elderly alongside community-based health care services.” “Since its inception, the Primary Care Development Corporation has assembled nearly $100 million in grants and loan resources from banks, foundations, and all levels of government," said Richard Cotton, Chairperson of PCDC's Board of Directors, and Executive Vice President and General Counsel for NBC. "This special community-based initiative of Columbia University Health Care, Inc. in affiliation with Harlem Hospital and their partners will create the 27th primary care facility financed through PCDC, bringing us one step closer to achieving our mission to expand and modernize New York City's primary care infrastructure.” Dr. Stephen Marshall, Assistant Dean for Patient Care of SDOS and Vice President of Columbia University Health Care, Inc. and Chief Operating Officer of the facility says, "This is a true collaborative effort between many partners and is a strong start toward meeting health care needs of the community." The center will be managed by two full-time, on-site clinicians, one dental and the other medical, who will have operational responsibility for the provision of services and their associated medical and dental teams. Oral health staff will include general dentists, dental hygienists, and dental specialists. Internists, a physician’s assistant, specialists, and registered nurses will provide primary care services. A full-time social worker will also be part of the comprehensive care team. Sydenham Hospital was closed in 1980 during the Koch Administration. The Hospital provided much needed and convenient medical service for the Harlem Community.

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