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Local Health Center Being Investigated

According to NBC 10 in Providence, immigrant women and mothers in Massachusetts are calling on state officials to investigate complaints of discriminatory and substandard care at a major Boston health clinic. Lawyers for Civil Rights, a Boston-based legal advocacy group, said yesterday it is filing a formal request for State Attorney General Maura Healey's Office and the State Department of Public Health to jointly open a review into the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center's compliance with civil rights and public health laws. Patricia Montes, head of Centro Presente, a Boston-based latino organization assisting the families, says immigrant patients have repeatedly reported substandard, discriminatory treatment at the clinic, resulting in "misdiagnosis, worsened health conditions, even death." Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, Executive Director of Lawyers for civil rights, said the state should conduct an investigation into the clinic through the lens of civil rights laws on immigrants, women and those with public health benefits.

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