Khowaja said many of the physicians and dentists volunteer their time to provide care to the uninsured, low-income families.įor more information, call Ibn Sina Foundation Community Medical Clinic at 28 or visit. If patients are unable to pay, the foundation makes alternate arrangements. He said indigent and uninsured patients pay a flat fee of $25. This amount should grow to $1 million at the new clinic, Khowaja said. The clinic's annual operating costs at this location were about $600,000 a year. This past year, 9,000 patients were treated in the foundation's previous clinic, a 1,000-square-foot space in an adjoining strip shopping center at 11246 S. The majority of the patients seen in this clinic are from far southeast Houston. The second Ibn Sina Community Medical Clinic was established in 2004 in Clear Lake.
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The center also includes a pharmacy and dental clinic. Aijaz Khowaja, the foundation's chief executive officer. The foundation is dedicated to serving low-income families in cardiology, pediatrics, gynecology, diagnostic imaging, oncology and ophthalmology, said Dr.
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