New clinic to open at Tel Aviv gay center
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'Gay clinic' to open in Tel Aviv
New clinic to open in gay center, doctors to undergo special training
The Clalit HMO will be opening a new clinic at the beginning of June at the gay center in Tel Aviv's Park Meir. Doctors at the clinic will undergo special training in order to enable them to better deal with the needs of the local gay community.
The new clinic is a joint initiative by gay center Chairman Itay Pinkas, Clalit's Tel Aviv District, and Doctor Eitan Haim.
The gay center in Tel Aviv, which was inaugurated about a year, ago offers homosexuals and lesbians diverse activities, including social services, social events, courses, and exhibits. The new clinic will be open to the general public, but is expected to mostly draw gay patients.
"There are some people in the community who do not feel comfortable having to go to a doctor and share their problems," Pinkas said. "The doctor is not always able to accept the community's unique problems."
"The special clinic's goal is to make community members feel at ease when they speak with a doctor, and I believe that the training the doctors will undergo will familiarize them with the community's needs and the unique problems of its members," he said.
