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| Paul Ramos (1941-2000) |
Who was he?
Was a staunch advocate of affordable health care and social justice. As founder and Executive Director of Betances Health Center, Paul worked tirelessly on behalf of the people of the Lower East Side - and beyond - to meet the desperate need for accessible quality health care and social services. Paul founded Betances in 1970, and initially ran the agency out of a makeshift office above a pickle factory, delivering health services from a mobile medical unit. Largely through Paul's determination and hard work, Betances found a permanent home on Henry Street in the Lower East Side, one of New York City's most diverse immigrant communities, where it has become one of the leading comprehensive primary care facilities serving poor and low income community members. Paul guided Betances' accomplishments and status as an early provider of "culturally competent, holistic" care long before the terms became buzzwords over the center's four decade history. Over the center's three decade history, many came to see Paul as a modern day incarnation of the agency's namesake, Ramon Emeterio Betances, a 19th century Puerto Rican physician and poet known as the "Father of the Poor", who received a medical degree in Europe and then returned to Puerto Rico to found a hospital, defend the island against a cholera epidemic, and fight against slavery. |
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Visit Us:
| 280 Henry Street |
| New York, NY 10002 |
| Tel: 212-227-8401 |
| Fax: 212-227-8842 |
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Laurie Lycksell
Laurie Lyksell, FNP started her career as Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner at Betances Health Center in September 2009. Laurie was a Clinical Nurse in the Department of Medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center where she provided patient focused nursing care for a wide range of patients including various post operative, oncology, cardiac, orthopedic, geriatric, gastro intestinal, and medicine patients. After receiving her Master of Science in Nursing Laurie went on to complete the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Columbia University School of Nursing. She is committed to providing primary care services to patients in the Lower East Side community health care setting. |
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Laurie Lycksell
FNP. Family Nurse Practitioner |
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