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Gov.
Jon Huntsman is scheduled to participate Thursday in the grand
opening of a new medical clinic dedicated to serving low-income
people without health insurance. The Maliheh Free Clinic will
relieve suffering and help prevent illnesses by addressing one of
society's most serious problems -- the high number of children and
adults who lack health insurance and therefore receive inadequate
medical care.
The grand opening will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the new clinic, 415 East 3900 South, and a large number of community leaders are expected to attend. The clinic will be able to serve up to 150 patients a day. It will be directed by Dr. Mansoor Emam, an IHC emergency room physician, with assistance from hundreds of volunteer medical professionals. The clinic fulfills the vision of philanthropist Khosrow Semnani, whose Semnani Foundation made a generous contribution toward the facility. Many additional contributions have been made by individuals and businesses. For more information about the clinic, see a column co-authored by Sen. Ed Mayne, Utah AFL-CIO President, and Salt Lake Chamber President and CEO Lane Beattie, that appears in today's Deseret Morning News . Paul T. Mero, president of the Sutherland Institute, advocated in an opinion column published in last Sunday's Salt Lake Tribune that part of the answer to the problem of uninsured people is “authentic charity care.” That is precisely the sort of care offered by the Maliheh Clinic, a private-sector approach to serving the needs of many Utahns who need help. |
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