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August 15, 2005
Florida clinic reopens after fire
Five weeks after a “suspicious” fire forced it to close, the Presidential Women's Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., reopened last week.
"There was never a doubt that we were not going to go forward and rebuild the center," said Mona Reis, the center's director. "Literally hours after we were able to come into the office, we had contractors and hired a cleanup company."
Reis said it was important to reopen as soon as possible. The center's staff had been referring patients to other clinics outside the county. Reis looked into establishing a temporary office to continue providing services to women, but she said the logistics proved too difficult. That made it imperative that the rebuilding effort progress quickly, she said.
..."There were a lot of volunteers that came over, and cried and hugged and brought cookies and chocolate and made financial donations," Reis said. "The outpouring of support and encouragement was certainly heartwarming and humbling."
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is still investigating the fire.
I’m glad to see the Center is back up and running; they serve between 4,000 and 5,000 patients annually, most of whom are uninsured women who need affordable and accessible reproductive health care the most.
Posted by Jessica at August 15, 2005 11:43 AM
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