Mount Carmel Clinic

Mount Carmel Clinic is a community health center in Winnipeg’s North End. It was founded in 1926.[1]

The clinic was established by Jewish community there; Jews had immigrated to Winnipeg in the late 19th century and had contributed to building the city and its economy but were excluded from many aspects of society; they built the clinic to serve their medical needs.[2]

Anne G. Ross joined the staff a nurse around 1950; she had been raised in the neighborhood. At the time the clinic had only two employees and was little-used. Over time she rose to become its executive director and led its transformation into a health center serving the needs of the local community.[3]

References
  1. Woods, D (February 1973). "Winnipeg's Pre-Hastings Community Health Centre". Canadian Family Physician. 19 (2): 85–9. PMC 2370842. PMID 20468892.
  2. Wolfe, Scott (8 June 2018). "Tracing the Early Origins of Community Health Centres". International Federation of Community Health Centres.
  3. Adams, Ian (26 August 1972). ""There Should Be More Places Like This": Patients almost like going to the Mount Carmel Clinic in Winnipeg. If s a place that's as much a part of the community as the corner grocery". The Globe and Mail. p. A2.

Further reading
  • Ross, Anne (1998). Clinic with a heart: the story of Mount Carmel Clinic. Mount Carmel Clinic. ISBN 978-0968460702. OCLC 71768942.
  • Rizzo, Dee Dee; Watts, B. A (1986). Mount Carmel Clinic: a history, 1926-1986. Mount Carmel Clinic. OCLC 46573714.
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