Dorcas Grigg-Saito, happy CEO of Lowell Community Health Center, in front of Metta, a center dedicated to South East Asian people in Lowell, Massachussets.
A text story (in French and Khmer) talking about the Metta Health Center of Lowell has been published online at this link: http://ka-set.info/actualites/cultures-et-societe/cambodge-massachusetts-lowell-communaute-association-cmaa-metta-080925.html
The Metta Health Center was created in 2000 to answer the specific needs of South East Asian patients, majority of them being from Cambodian origin. At Metta, 90% of the staff is from Cambodia or Laos. All signs are translated from English into these two Asian languages. Khmer and Lao art pieces are displayed on many walls of the center. If needed, a traduction service is provided. For those who don't have high incomes, or no income at all or no insurance, state and federal mecanisms are available to support and make sure that they can recieve the best treatment or health services possible even if they can't afford it.
Cambodian native Chhan Touch D’Avanzo - a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime – a Family Nurse Practitioner at the Metta Health Center will soon graduate with a Phd in Nursing, the first ever Cambodian American to reach that level in the United States.
. . See more stories about the Cambodian Americans in the archives of this blog! ..
