Muslim health clinic wins group’s praise

A free Muslim-operated health-clinic in San Bernardino, Ca has been recognized for bridging the health care cap. The nonprofit Institute for Social Policy and Understanding chose the Al-Shifa clinic for its work in working with communities, namely the mostly Latino and Black communities served by the clinic. Services by the clinic include medical, dental, and

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Health trumps faith differences at Muslim clinic ; The UMMA facility promotes interreligious cooperation to provide medical and other services to low-income residents in South L.A.

It grew out of the 1992 riots, a vision by a small group of Muslim medical students to bring charitable, high-quality healthcare to the needy residents of South Los Angeles. Eleven years later, the UMMA clinic on Florence Avenue has served nearly 20,000 patients, the great majority of them non-Muslim. It has become a mainstay

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