Ribbon cutting culminates National Health Center Week (August 5-9)
New Orleans, LA - DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC) celebrated the opening of its brand new, 20,000 square foot health center, located at 2801 General DeGaulle Drive in Algiers with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, August 9, at 10 a.m. The new health center brings imaging, urgent care services, primary and preventive care, optometry and more to the Westbank of New Orleans community.
Retired local TV news anchor, Sally-Ann Roberts, served as MC of the ribbon cutting. DCHC’s President and CEO Michael Griffin, MSPH, DSc, FACHE, and Ascension’s Senior Vice President and Chief Community Impact Officer, Stacy Garrett-Ray, MD, MPH, MBA, highlighted the significance of the new health center and the need to meet patients where they are.
New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond opened the event with a prayer and blessed the new health center. Louisiana District 102 Representative Delisha Boyd, New Orleans City Councilman Freddie King III of District C, and National Association of Community Health Centers board member and Chief Operating Officer and Compliance Officer with the Health and Wellness Center in Oklahoma, Brook Latitimore, provided remarks. New Orleans District D Councilman Eugene Green was in attendance and U.S. Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. provided remarks virtually. Ascension’s Vice President of Community Health Ministries, Colene Daniel, was also in attendance.
The ribbon cutting culminates a week of events that DCHC hosted in commemoration of National Health Center Week, sponsored by the National Association of Community Health Centers. National Health Center Week is an annual celebration which raises awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s health centers. Powering Communities Through Caring Connections serves as this year’s theme, recognizing the impact that health center workers and their compassionate services have on community members.
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DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC), founded by the Daughters of Charity, who have served the New Orleans community for more than 190 years, is committed to providing high-quality, comprehensive health care to all members of our community, regardless of their ability to pay. DCHC offers high-quality, affordable health care for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors at eleven (11) community health centers throughout greater New Orleans. Services include primary and preventive health care, pediatrics, dental, optometry, chronic disease management, podiatry, prenatal care, behavioral health, Women, Infants & Children (WIC) services, and onsite laboratories and pharmacies.
