Supporting Two New Health Centers in Lower Northeast

Update Petition Counts:  1310 as of 4/7/2024

     Philadelphia’s City Health Centers offer very low-cost health care to all residents of the city but are overcrowded. Public Health Center 10 on Cottman Avenue is the only city health center serving the entire Northeast so it can take up to a year for a new appointment.

    Two new Health Centers are included in the Philadelphia City budget in the lower Northeast, one at the Frankford Transportation Center (Bridge and Pratt) and one at the old Friends Hospital on Roosevelt Blvd near Langdon St. Together, they will provide care for over 46,000 patients a year, mostly at the Friends site.
   Despite the critical need for more capacity for City Health Centers, there is opposition to the Health Center at the Friends Hospital site. The opposition can put a five years delay for the City to locate another suitable site.
    Therefore, community, religious, labor, immigrant and social services organizations have come together forming an informal coalition to support the Health Department’s plan for the two new Health Centers. Coalition has gathered more than twelve hundred signatures supporting the Friend Hospital Health Center.
Councilwoman Quetcy Loazada and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health held a series of Public meetings to allow community members to provide their inputs on this project.
    Footage from this video( on our video tab and YouTube channel) come from these community meetings about Friends Hospital:

Saturday, December 2nd, 4:00 pm, Simpson Rec Center ,1010 Arrott Street, Phila 19124
Tuesday, February 20th at 6:00pm , Houseman Rec, 5091 Summerdale Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19124
Wednesday, February 21st at 6:30pm, Juniata Boys & Girls Club, 1225 E Cayuga St, Philadelphia, PA 19124;
Tuesday, February 27th at 6:30pm, First Presbyterian Church 5435 N 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19120

Here is the link to the petition supporting 2 New Health Centers Plan in Northeast Philly: https://youtu.be/HOyXIR7mASU?si=1xqIrR99zAKPZYCf

WWW.NEPCA.US

3/24/2024

Picture from a meeting


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