"A community health center is a place where I can receive quality health care, medical care, mental care or social services from qualified professionals with dignity and respect regardless of my race, cultural or economic background. A place where consumers play a major role in both the planning and delivery of services."
- Mildred Hailey, 1987
These words, uttered 20 years ago by Mildred Hailey, a well-respected Boston community activist and driving force behind the creation of Martha Eliot Health Center continue to capture the goal of Children's Hospital Boston's community health center:
to provide compassionate care to a highly diverse population.
Today, these words also serve as a reminder of the important role of community health centers in providing high quality culturally competent care in Boston, which has officially become a "majority minority" city. Read Story
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