Political Quotes

“I will just make a little special recognition to a few of the community health centers that operate in my district. I always say that I have the most fascinating district in the United States of America. These people have simply gone above and beyond being just good providers of primary care. For example, under the tireless leadership of Berniece Mills-Thomas, executive director of the Near North Health Service Corporation which provides primary care to women, infants, school age children and their parents, we have seen that infant mortality has gone down significantly in the area that they service around Cabrini Housing Development. Actually they have reduced infant mortality over the years from 26.6 per 1,000 live births to now 12.8 per 1,000 live births. That is an outstanding indicator of the impact, of the effectiveness. The Winfield Moody, I can remember traveling around the country with Mrs. Moody as they were getting that community's health center started. And we have the Erie Family Center under the strong leadership of Rupert Evans, who is the executive director. This center has done an outstanding job of providing care to the communities in and around it, Humboldt Park, West Town. Plus the Erie integrated care program is the only bilingual primary care provider serving HIV and HIV/AIDS infected patients in the city of Chicago.”