New non-profit clinic for SW Houston

Last Thursday, city officials including Mayor White and Housing Director Richard Celli along with the Ibn Sina Foundation celebrated the opening of a new medical center at 11226 Wilcrest. The center houses a number of specialty medical clinics for low-income families as well as a pharmacy and dental clinic.

The clinic, which takes up 5000 square feet, was funded by contributions from the city of Houston, Houston's Philanthropic Community, and Community Development Block Grant. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the mayor emphasized the importance of reduced-cost and free healthcare for underserved Houstonians and praised the Ibn Sina Foundation for its work.

The Ibn Sina Foundation opened its first clinic in Houston in 2001. That clinic was also designed to focus on southwest Houston families, but now treats patients who come from all over the city. A second clinic was opened in 2004 in Clear Lake. Thursday marked the opening of the foundation's third clinic. The foundation also has an outreach program that treats patients at religious centers city-wide.

Picture from the Ibn Sina Foundation.