Women’s Community Clinic Receives $25,000 Grant from California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) to Provide Ultrasounds to Uninsured Women in San Francisco.
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Women’s Community Clinic Receives $25,000 Grant from California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) to Provide Ultrasounds to Uninsured Women in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO (September 20, 2010) - California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) has awarded the San Francisco-based nonprofit Women’s Community Clinic a $25,000 grant to provide free pelvic ultrasounds to uninsured women.
The Women’s Community Clinic honors its mission to improve the health and well-being of women and girls by providing free sexual and reproductive health services, outreach services, and health training programs.
“The CPMC grant will expand the Women’s Community Clinic’s ability to provide accessible, quality health care to underserved Bay Area women,” said Carlina Hansen, Executive Director, Women’s Community Clinic. “With the support of the CPMC grant, the Clinic will be able to provide a new service to better serve our clients and meet the expanding needs of our community.”
This grant will allow uninsured patients at the Women’s Community Clinic to access pelvic ultrasounds directly from CPMC’s California Street campus for free.
About the Women’s Community Clinic: As a unique, grassroots, nonprofit organization, the Women’s Community Clinic is committed to meeting the sexual and reproductive health care needs of Bay Area women and girls. We honor our mission to improve the health and well-being of women and girls by providing free sexual and reproductive health services, outreach services, and health training programs. Since 1999, we have served more than 20,000 women and trained more than 500 health worker volunteers. www.womenscommunityclinic.org
About California Pacific Medical Center: California Pacific Medical Center is a nonprofit community hospital and part of the Sutter Health network. The Medical Center and Sutter Health are committed to improving the health of their community by supporting health programming by local grassroots and public agencies.
