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Gandara opens new Springfield clinic that will expand access to mental health services

Gandara opens new clinic in Springfield
Sister Mary Caritas Geary speaks about the opening of Gandara in 1977 during a ribbon cutting of its new clinic on St. George Street. At her left is Lois Nesci, chief executive officer of the organization who is preparing to award Caritas with flowers. (Jeanette DeForge/Republican staff)republican

SPRINGFIELD — In 1977, Mercy Medical Center offered a small unused office to open a mental health and substance abuse program designed to help a wave of Hispanic migrants who needed help from those who understood their own language and culture.

Gandara Center was born and then expanded and expanded again. Now, 48 years later, it has grown again to open a full-service clinic off St. George Street in the North End, within walking distance of many of its clients.

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