Las subvenciones se otorgarán a los siguientes centros de salud dentro del distrito: $140,880 para Community Health Development, Inc. en Uvalde.
$269,040 para United Medical Centers en Eagle Pass. $408,600 para El Centro Del Barrio, Inc. en San Antonio. $127,080 para South Texas Rural Health Services, Inc. en Cotulla.
“Mientras nuestro estado continúa luchando contra la pandemia de coronavirus, los centros de salud y los hospitales rurales son más cruciales que nunca para nuestras áreas médicamente desatendidas”, dijo el congresista Gonzales. "El dinero otorgado a nuestros centros de salud es una inversión clave para nuestras poblaciones rurales y vulnerables, y agradezco el énfasis que el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos ha puesto en nuestros centros de salud comunitarios".
Estos fondos van a los centros de salud con el objetivo de aumentar el número de pacientes diagnosticados de hipertensión en relación con la presión arterial.
Congressman Tony Gonzales announces $945,600 in HHS grants for Texas’s 23rd District
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) today announced $945,600 in grant money from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for health center clusters in Texas’s 23rd District.
Grants will be awarded to the following health centers within the district: $140,880 to Community Health Development, Inc. in Uvalde.
$269,040 to United Medical Centers in Eagle Pass. $408,600 to El Centro Del Barrio, Inc. in San Antonio. $127,080 to South Texas Rural Health Services, Inc. in Cotulla.
“As our state continues to fight the coronavirus pandemic, health centers and rural hospitals are more crucial than ever to our medically underserved areas,” said Congressman Gonzales. "The money awarded to our health centers is a key investment for our vulnerable and rural populations, and I appreciate the emphasis that the Department of Health and Human Services has placed on our community health centers."
These funds are going to health centers with the focus of increasing the number of patients diagnosed with hypertension in relation to blood pressure.