Chicago (WLS) – HIV prevention and treatment center is now open on the northern side of Chicago.
Officials cut the tape at the center at 5537 N. Broadway in Edgewater on Wednesday morning.
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The Vivent Health + TPAN center is said to be one of the largest center in the country. It hopes to be one store for HIV and change general perception.
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The center works to restore hope by making patients feel at home.
He wants to treat the whole person. From the food store offices to therapeutic offices, it is a reminder that HIV is not a death penalty but an invitation to work.
It also teaches people around the stigma surrounding HIV, which is one resource at the same time.
“We are able to bring medical, pharmacy, food store and double, almost three times the size of the space here,” said Brandon Hill, CEO of Vivent Health.
The center used to serve about 400 patients, but with the new expansion, they now hope to serve approximately 1500, with patients coming from Wisconsin.
“The work that has been done here is important, and it will be important regardless of what is happening,” said Dr. Joe Ann Jose, Medical Director, said.
The center's expansion comes as the Trump administration suggests approximately $ 800 million in federal discounts of programs that support HIV treatment, prevention and care: a catalyst for those such as Rick Gasco.
“I want to save the lives of others,” said Rick Gawasco, editor -in -chief of the magazine magazine. Then I saw that she would save the lives of others, and I wanted to be part of that. “
The magazine dates back to the nineties. He remembers the few resources he obtained when he was diagnosed with HIV.
“When these publications were delivered, I was simply told” good luck, “said Gasco.
He said, at the time, there was a stigma about being on the cover. That was until John Giles, a AIDS man, put at the forefront of his story and center in 1996. Gils died three months after his publication was published.
“When I look at this, I think you know, why is it? Why don't I am? I have no answer to that, but one of the ways I alive is aware.”
This information is the reason why Guasco turned the magazine into a safe place, with pictures of people who want to educate others, do not be ashamed to share their status and proud to be those they are.
“Someone was diagnosed today with HIV, if he is taking medications, and if he suffers from treatment, he can expect that there will be a long life like anyone else,” Gasco said.
There is an open house from 5 to 7 pm on Wednesday at the Vivent Health + TPAN Center.
Western Shamali medicine is a partner.
The company said that Vivent Health + TPAN is the second largest provider of protection and treatment for HIV in the country.
The company said that 85 % of Vive's health patients do not have insurance or depend on medicaid or medicare, and 43 % live in or less than the federal poverty line.
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