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Basic Black
Dorchester’s Columbia Point opened its doors six decades ago with a mission to offer health care to patients of color and the poor. Massachusetts’ first community health center is now part of a group of community health centers in the state serving racial and ethnic minorities and low-income residents. Today more than one million patients a year—one in 7—get health care at a community health center. During the Covid crisis, these health centers made sure that communities of color got equal access to testing and vaccines. And the new omicron variant has put these centers back on the frontlines-- picking up the slack from hospitals slammed with an overflow of sick patients. How are they managing through the ongoing pandemic, while preparing for the next battle?
Dr. Charles Anderson, President and CEO of the Dimock Center in Roxbury.
Gregory Wilmot, Interim President and CEO of East Boston Neighborhood Health Center.
Dr. Guy Fish, President and CEO, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center.
Callie Crossley hosts.
By GBH News4
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Basic Black
Dorchester’s Columbia Point opened its doors six decades ago with a mission to offer health care to patients of color and the poor. Massachusetts’ first community health center is now part of a group of community health centers in the state serving racial and ethnic minorities and low-income residents. Today more than one million patients a year—one in 7—get health care at a community health center. During the Covid crisis, these health centers made sure that communities of color got equal access to testing and vaccines. And the new omicron variant has put these centers back on the frontlines-- picking up the slack from hospitals slammed with an overflow of sick patients. How are they managing through the ongoing pandemic, while preparing for the next battle?
Dr. Charles Anderson, President and CEO of the Dimock Center in Roxbury.
Gregory Wilmot, Interim President and CEO of East Boston Neighborhood Health Center.
Dr. Guy Fish, President and CEO, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center.
Callie Crossley hosts.

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