10:30 AM - 1:00 PM Sundays
Free Medical Services: The volunteer Dr. comes on Sundays (during the school year) to help the community with their medical needs. (More detail coming soon)
Free Psychological and Psychiatric Services: including individual counseling, group counseling, and behavioral
assessment in the fields of family, child, marriage from Monday through Sunday (except Tuesday and Thursday). For more details about this, or to
make an appointment, contact Irem Choksy at
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Mental Health in the Muslim Communities Seminar
Sheikh Haitum, the Religious Director of the Islamic Center of San Gabriel Valley and Irem Choksy, CA registred psychotherapist do workshops and seminars related to mental health in the Muslim communities. If your organization and/or school is looking for ways to educate the community via workshps and seminars about pertinent issues concerning strengethening relationships, and child, family, or elderly abuse education; please contact Irem Choksy via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.
Blood Drive
ICSGV Clinic Blood Drive will be held on Sunday, Feb. 26th from 10am to 4pm in the multipurpose room. This is your chance to do something good and win many freebies! If you would like to donate and/or volunteer during the event, please contact Irem Choksy via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Hummaira Hussain at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Health Committee Report
The health committee of the Islamic
Center of San Gabriel Valley (ICSGV) is committed to the health and
wellbeing of our community. Under the auspices of the Islamic Center,
the health committee operates a medical clinic, aka Crescent Medical
Clinic, which is open every Sunday during the Islamic School calendar
year from 11:00AM to 1:00PM. All patients, regardless of their faith,
ethnicity, citizenship, or membership in the Islamic Center are seen
free of charge. Limited prescription medications are also provided to
those who cannot afford to buy them. Patients needing more care than
that can be provided in an outpatient setting are referred to
appropriate hospitals or agencies that can help them.
The clinic
on an average sees about 30 to 40 patients per month. Most patients
seen are for common problems such as colds & flu, blood pressure,
diabetes and age related diseases. Complicated illnesses of internal
organs such as heart, lungs, liver and kidneys, etc. and cancer are
diagnosed and referred to appropriate specialists. Information on
disease prevention is provided, healthy habits are taught &
encouraged and vaccinations are made available free of charge to the
needy in the spirit of keeping the community healthy.
The health
committee in cooperation with the women’s committee periodically
conducts health & nutrition seminars where specialist guest
speakers provide latest information on nutrition, health and wellbeing.
The committee also conducts annual health fair to screen community
members for blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol, osteoporosis and
arthritis. Tests are conducted on the premises of the Islamic Center
and the results are reviewed with the patients and appropriate advice
is provided for follow-up care if needed.
The current facilities
are grossly inadequate and the committee is looking forward to moving
into the new building that is being built. The health committee is
working with the building committee to provide our community a well
equipped medical & dental clinic able to help our greater community
with more services not only on Sundays but on week days too.
In
preparation for the launch of this new facility, the health committee
will be conducting a series of meetings with health professionals to
collect ideas, improve organization, seek volunteers and help finance
the construction. If you are a doctor, dentist, pharmacist, nurse,
medical or dental assistant or have experience in health
administration, please contact me to attend these planning meetings and
help our Medical and Dental Clinic.
Let us all thank Allah for giving us the guidance to work for His cause, heal the sick and provide to the needy.
