DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC) celebrated the opening of its new, 20,000 square foot health center, located at 2801 General DeGaulle Dr. in Algiers with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Aug. 9. The new health center brings imaging, urgent care services, primary and preventive care, optometry, and more to the Westbank of New Orleans community.
Retired local TV news anchor, Sally-Ann Roberts, served as MC for the event. DCHC’s President and CEO Michael Griffin, MSPH, DSc, FACHE, and Ascension’s Senior Vice President and Chief Community Impact Officer, Stacy Garrett-Ray, MD, MPH, MBA, highlighted the significance of the new health center and the need to meet patients where they are.
New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond opened the event with a prayer and blessed the new health center. Louisiana District 102 Representative Delisha Boyd, New Orleans City Councilman Freddie King III of District C, and National Association of Community Health Centers board member and Chief Operating Officer and Compliance Officer with the Health and Wellness Center in Oklahoma, Brook Latitimore, provided remarks. New Orleans District D Councilman Eugene Green was in attendance and U.S. Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. provided remarks virtually. Ascension’s Vice President of Community Health Ministries, Colene Daniel, was also in attendance.