{"id":37426,"date":"2010-11-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/11\/24\/south-omaha-clinic-to-close-dec-1\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:17:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:17:16","slug":"south-omaha-clinic-to-close-dec-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/11\/24\/south-omaha-clinic-to-close-dec-1\/","title":{"rendered":"South Omaha clinic to close Dec. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNMC plans to close its Community Health Center at 5155 S. 36th St. on Dec. 1. <\/p>\n

About 3,000 patients annually receive services at the site. UNMC is actively working to help patients transition their care. <\/p>\n

The financial costs of operating this clinic have become unsustainable. Additionally, a long-standing family planning grant that was administered principally at this site by the UNMC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology was not renewed. Finally, the College of Nursing did not receive grant funding designed to support its continued presence at the clinic.<\/p>\n

“UNMC is making a difficult choice to stretch limited funds in order to provide care to the patients in underserved areas,” said Carl Smith, M.D., professor and chairman of the UNMC OB\/GYN department. “By merging this clinic into other UNMC clinic locations and encouraging women’s health patients to receive care at The Olson Center’s primary location, UNMC is striving to surmount budgetary challenges.<\/p>\n

“UNMC will continue its collaborative relationship with other clinics to make sure no one falls through the gap.”<\/p>\n

The OneWorld Community Health Center has agreed to cooperate with UNMC in transferring patients to its facility.<\/p>\n

UNMC is committed to improving the health and well-being of people in south Omaha. The medical center will sustain its contributions in the following ways:
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