Downtown Tulsa Health Clinic Offers Services For Those Affected By Juno Closure

The sudden closure of the Juno clinic in Tulsa’s Greenwood District was a disruption for patients, but it didn’t leave them without a nearby choice for primary care.

Morton Comprehensive Health Service has their main clinic on North Lansing near Pine, just a few blocks from the Juno clinic that offered fewer on-site services.

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“We do everything here from primary care to specialty care to pediatrics," said Morton CEO Susan Savage, who noted their on-site pharmacy is being remodeled at their main, 55,000-square-foot clinic.

She said she considered Juno a partner in community healthcare, and has spoken with Juno's leadership, since it closed, to offer help to patients.

“We are right around the corner, we're in the Greenwood district, how can we be helpful?” she said.

The Morton Health Clinic came out of the response to the 1921 Race Massacre, and their main clinic opened in 2006. Morton has satellite clinics throughout Tulsa, offering care to people of all income levels, with and without insurance. While Juno was a for-profit enterprise bankrolled by investors, Morton is a nonprofit with support from the community.

Noting that several major hospitals and the Health Department have clinics nearby, Savage says the history of inadequate healthcare in North Tulsa is changing.

“The gaps in care still exist, but they're starting to close,” she said.