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MTS Frequently Overrules Doctors’ Orders on Reduced Fares for the Disabled MTS is required to provide discounted fares for certain disabled riders, but doctors, service providers, advocates and others say the process is burdensome and confusing. Data shows MTS rejected or deemed incomplete thousands of applications in recent years. By Lisa Halverstadt For years, San …

SAN DIEGO, CA – (August 31, 2020) Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) was designated an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) for the third year in a row, achieving the maximum score of 100. The designation was awarded in the HRC’s annual Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), released today. …

By Brooke Ruth, Tarryn Mento Nearly six months into the pandemic, there are still many questions about the novel coronavirus — including from our audience. We gathered inquiries from readers, listeners and viewers and put them to Dr. Christian Ramers, the chief of population health at Family Health Centers of San Diego. Ramers has fought against HIV, STIs …

El Cajon Physical Rehabilitation Clinic is Now Open 525 E. Main Street, El Cajon CA 92020 Monday-Friday: 8:15 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. Closed for lunch: 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. For more information, please call (619) 515-2376 or fill out the form below. The El Cajon Physical Rehabilitation Clinic offers physical therapy, chiropractic and sports medicine services. Our …

FHCSD’s Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) offers inpatient home care services which include personal care and light housekeeping. For families whose lives changed when they moved their parent from a nursing home back into their home to become the primary caregiver, PACE may be an option for you. For more information, please …

By CHRISTIAN B. RAMERS More than five months after San Diego county’s first reported case of COVID-19, much has been learned about the novel coronavirus that causes the disease, the global pandemic, and the complex social and political forces at play in our often-unsuccessful efforts to control its spread. It’s been challenging to make sense …

FHCSD’s infectious disease expert, Dr. Christian B. Ramers M.D., MPH, AAHIVS, was invited to speak on the SDSU School of Public Health’s Podcast “If I Could Change One Thing,” which focuses on health policy. As part of the border region, San Diegans know that heath care does not stop at artificial borders.  The situation in …

By TARRYN MENTO San Diego County’s rate of positive coronavirus tests is slowly coming back down after a prolonged surge in new daily cases. A local community clinic that serves vulnerable populations, however, reports its positivity rate is consistently higher than the countywide figure. The nonprofit Family Health Centers of San Diego serves patients, many of …

Via KTVU Dr. Christian Ramers, infectious diseases specialist with Family Health Centers of San Diego, discusses the current situation in California, the difference between NorCal and SoCal, disproportionate impact on Latino and border, vaccine candidates, masks, and the latest youtube “doctor” video to be taken down from social .

  North Park Behavioral Health Center – Pride 2020 For the past 50 years, FHCSD has been dedicated to providing caring, affordable, high-quality health care and supportive services to San Diegans who face significant and ongoing barriers to care. As part of this dedication, FHCSD has been a leader in developing and providing services to best meet …

COVID-19 deaths by ZIP code spotlight longstanding health disparities, South Bay doctors say More than 30 percent of the county’s COVID-19 fatalities have involved residents from South Bay communities By LYNDSAY WINKLEY, LAURYN SCHROEDER South Bay communities, particularly those that are low-income and with large Latino populations, continue to be the hardest hit by the …

PHENOMENAL WOMEN SERIES The San Diego Union-Tribune and the Women’s Museum of California are celebrating a century of female achievement in San Diego to mark the 100th year of women’s suffrage in America. By JOHN WILKENS, PAM KRAGEN, KAREN KUCHER, LAUREN J. MAPP Laura Rodriguez The bulldozer was no match for Laura Rodriguez. It arrived in April 1970 …