NYC Chinatown Health Fair (Aug 2-9, 1971)
NYC Chinatown Health Fair (Aug 2-9, 1971)
Footage courtesy of DCTV
In 1971, a group of volunteers organized the Chinatown Health Fair to provide free health screenings and health education and to show the need for Chinese-speaking staff in hospitals. The fair’s great success inspired the volunteers to create a free health clinic in Chinatown. The Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, then known as the Chinatown Health Clinic, was staffed by volunteer doctors, nurses, social workers, and students who all sought to address the unmet health care needs of New York City’s Chinese population.
