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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(126,580 posts)
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 01:11 PM Tuesday

Local couple saved money to open this free health clinic in South Tacoma

Not more than a year ago, the building at 4545 S. Union Ave. was in poor condition. It was being used by squatters who broke windows to get in and littered it with syringes and drug paraphernalia.

Now, the roughly 7,500-square-foot building has new owners who are using their personal savings to transform it into a health clinic that will serve anyone, regardless of ability to pay.

“This is something my wife and I have dreamed of,” Dr. Chan Hwang told The News Tribune.

Hwang and his wife, Dr. Esther Park Hwang, are physicians who have practiced medicine in the Tacoma area for decades.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/local-couple-saved-money-open-121500843.html

Good for them. Hope it's sustainable.

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I wish them well WhiteTara Tuesday #1

WhiteTara

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1. I wish them well
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 01:47 PM
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I hope they ask hospitals for single use supplies that get thrown out after the patient leaves the hospital.

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