Pokagon Band of Potawatomi

Mshkiki Community Clinic

Benton Harbor, MI
Indigenous
2021
Home
4,903 SF
Size
$1.3M
Cost

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, it laid bare the health disparities with the Native American population and other minority groups compared to the general population. Pokagon Health Services (PHS) strives to address healthcare disparities in Native and other communities. In keeping with their mission, PHS felt that their local community should have access to the best and most effective healthcare services, located conveniently in shopping center nearby the homes of many Pokagon families.

Members of the Bodwé team designed the Mshkiki Community Clinic, a 4,900-square-foot medical and dental clinic named after the Potawatomi word for medicine. The clinic includes six exam rooms, a nurse’s station, three open dental operatory rooms, three private dental operatory rooms, a sterilization room. lab, and staff offices. The Mshkiki Community Clinic was designed to incorporate architecture, materials, and colors that reflect the tribe’s culture.

One of six fully-quipped dental procedure rooms.

Primary medical care services offered at the Mshkiki Community Clinic include acute care, chronic disease management, immunizations, minor procedures, routine exams, and well-child visits. The clinic’s services include respiratory care for COVID-19 or other respiratory infections, as well as COVID-19 testing and vaccinations. Dental care services include cleanings, routine exams, filings, extractions, root canals, x-rays, bridges, crowns, dentures and partials.

Sterilization and lab facilities included in-house to ensure clients receive the highest standard of care.
The tribe opened the clinic to serve the primary medical and dental care needs of Medicaid-eligible and low-income residents living in Benton Harbor and Benton Township.

In addition to architecture and interior design services, complete mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design was provided, including clinical systems necessary to provide high-quality medical and dental services.

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