NHCAC's West New York Health Center Wraps Up Health Week With Huge Fair

The North Hudson Community Action Corporation's West New York Health Center culminated Health Week with a huge fair on Saturday. Services, health-related information and more were available to Hudson County…

Jeff HenigPublished August 12, 2023, 9:43 PM

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The North Hudson Community Action Corporation’s West New York Health Center culminated Health Week with a huge fair on Saturday.

<span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span>Services, health-related information and more were available to Hudson County residents at the North Hudson Community Action Action Corporation’s West New York Health Center on Saturday, as the federally-funded site culminated Health Week by holding a huge fair. Whether it was a health question, information on Medicare, housing assistance, emergency homelessness information, or a question about prescription savings or fental care, you culd get the answers on Saturday.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-68214" src="https://hudsontv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Pic-2-300x225.jpg" alt="NHCAC's West New York Health Center Wraps Up Health Week With Huge Fair" width="300" height="225" /> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-68215" src="https://hudsontv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Pic-3-300x225.jpg" alt="NHCAC's West New York Health Center Wraps Up Health Week With Huge Fair" width="300" height="225" /> North Hudson CAP has ten health centers spread across Hudson Bergen and Passaic Counties. It serves 60,000 patients annually, less than before the pandemic, but the numbers are growing post-COVID.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-68216" src="https://hudsontv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Pic-4-300x225.jpg" alt="NHCAC's West New York Health Center Wraps Up Health Week With Huge Fair" width="300" height="225" /> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-68217" src="https://hudsontv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Pic-5-300x225.jpg" alt="NHCAC's West New York Health Center Wraps Up Health Week With Huge Fair" width="300" height="225" /> Whether someone is documented or not or lacks insurance to pay for medical treatments, North Hudson Community Action Corporation does not turn them away. By them amount of people attending Saturday’s event, NHCAC is certainly servicing the needs of this urbanized community.</p> <p>A complete list of all of the services provided at the HNCAC Health Centers may be found on the company’s website.</p><div style="background:var(--blue-900,#0A1F44);color:#fff;padding:18px 22px;margin:24px 0;display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr auto;gap:16px;align-items:center"><div><b style="font-size:18px;display:block;margin-bottom:4px">Got a story from your town?</b><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgba(255,255,255,.7)">Tips, photos, videos — if it happened in Hudson County, we want to hear about it.</span></div><a href="mailto:tips@hudsontv.com?subject=Story%20Tip" style="background:#D4A843;color:#0A1F44;padding:10px 18px;font-weight:700;font-size:14px;text-decoration:none">Send a tip</a></div></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>

The federally-qualified center, one of ten in the NHCAC system, provides all types of health-related services, as well as other types of necessary information for patients who may be undocumented or lack insurance coverage.

Whether it’s dental care, regular check-ups, women’s health services, information on Medicare or housing assistance, mental health services or emergency homelessness assistance, you can find it at one of the NHCAC health centers in Hudson, Bergen or Passaic counties.

60,000 patients are seen annually. The number was higher before COVID, but it is growing once again.

According to Joan Quigley, the President and CEO of NHCAC, the health center provide just about everything you can imagine, except surgery.

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