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Languages Available at Health Centers
Please note languages are subject to change. Call each health center ahead to verify. Boston area hospitals’ linguistic capabilities are too extensive to list in detail here and they have resources available to handle the language need of any patient during an urgent or emergency situation through interpreters and Language Line.

Language
Health Center
Phone
Albanian
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
(617) 569-5800
 
Greater Roslindale Medical & Dental Center
(617) 323-4440
 
South Boston Community Health Center
(617) 269-7500

  Arabic
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
(617) 569-5800
 
South Boston Community Health Center
(617) 269-7500

  Bulgarian
Joseph M. Smith Health Center (617) 783-0500


  Cape Verdean
Bowdoin Street Health Center
(617) 754-0100
  (Creole)
Codman Square Health Center
(617) 825-9660
 
Dorchester House Multi-Service Center
(617) 288-3230
 
Geiger-Gibson Health Center (617) 288-1140
  Neponset Health Center (617) 282-3200
 
Harvard Street Health Center
(617) 825-3400
 
Uphams Corner Health Center
(617) 287-8000

  Chinese
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (M,C,T)
(617) 569-5800
  Dialects:
Greater Roslindale Medical & Dental Center
(617) 323-4440
  M anderin
Joseph M. Smith Health Center  (M,C)
(617) 783-0500
  C antonese
Neponset Health Center (M,C)
(617) 282-3200
  T oisanese
South Boston Community Health Center (M,C)
(617) 269-7500
   
South End Community Health Center
(617) 425-2000
 
South Cove Community Health Center (M,C)
(617) 482-7555

  French
Bowdoin Street Health Center
(617) 754-0100
 
Codman Square Health Center
(617) 825-9660
   East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
(617) 569-5800
 
Greater Roslindale Medical & Dental Center
(617) 323-4440
 
Harvard Street Health Center
(617) 825-3400
 
Joseph M. Smith Health Center
(617) 783-0500
 
Martha Eliot Health Center
(617) 971-2100
 
Mattapan Community Health Center
(617) 296-0061
 
MGH Charlestown Health Care Center (617) 724-2074
 
Neponset Health Center
(617) 282-3200
 
South End Community Health Center
(617) 425-2000
 
Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center
(617) 983-4100
 
Uphams Corner Health Center
(617) 287-8000

  Greek
Greater Roslindale Medical & Dental Center
(617) 323-4440

  Hatian Creole
Bowdoin Street Health Center
(617) 754-0100
 
Codman Square Health Center
(617) 825-9660
  East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
(617) 569-5800
   
Geiger-Gibson Health Center
(617) 288-1140
   
Harvard Street Health Center
(617) 825-3400
   
Joseph M. Smith Health Center
(617) 783-0500
 
Martha Eliot Health Center
(617) 971-2100
   
Mattapan Community Health Center
(617) 296-0061
   
Neponset Health Center
(617) 282-3200
   
Roxbury Comp Community Health Center
(617) 442-7400
   
Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center
(617) 983-4100
   
Uphams Corner Health Center
(617) 287-8000
   
Whittier Street Health Center
(617) 427-1000

  Hebrew
Neponset Health Center
(617) 282-3200
 
Uphams Corner Health Center
(617) 287-8000

  Hindi
Bowdoin Street Health Center
(617) 754-0100
 
Neponset Health Center
(617) 282-3200

  Italian
Bowdoin Street Health Center
(617) 754-0100
 
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (617) 569-5800
 
Neponset Health Center
(617) 282-3200
 
North End Community Health Center (617) 742-9570
 
South Boston Community Health Center
(617) 269-7500

  Khmer
Caritas Health Services at Brighton Marine
(617) 562-5200
(Cambodian)
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
(617) 569-5800
  South Cove Community Health Center
(617) 482-7555
 
Uphams Corner Health Center
(617) 287-8000

  Korean
Geiger-Gibson Health Center
(617) 288-1140

  Laotian
Caritas Health Services at Brighton Marine
(617) 562-5200
 
Neponset Health Center
(617) 282-3200
 
Uphams Corner Health Center  
(617) 287-8000

  Polish
Joseph M. Smith Health Center
( 617) 783-0500
 
South Boston Community Health Center
(617) 269-7500

  Portuguese
Bowdoin Street Health Center
(617) 754-0100
 
Caritas Health Services at Brighton Marine
(617) 562-5200
  Codman Square Health Center
(617) 825-9660
 
Dorchester House Multi-Service Center
(617) 288-3230
 
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
(617) 569-5800
 
Fenway Community Health Center
(617) 267-0900
 
Harvard Street Health Center
(617) 825-3400
 
Joseph M. Smith Health Center
(617) 783-0500
 
Neponset Health Center
(617) 282-3200
 
Roxbury Comp Community Health Center
(617) 442-7400
 
South End Community Health Center
(617) 425-2000
 
Uphams Corner Health Center
(617) 287-8000

  Russian
Caritas Health Services at Brighton Marine
(617) 562-5200
 
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
(617) 569-5800
  Joseph M. Smith Health Center
(617) 783-0500
 
Neponset Health Center
(617) 282-3200

  Serbian
Joseph M. Smith Health Center
(617) 783-0500

  Sign Language
Neponset Health Center
(617) 282-3200

  Somalian
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
(617) 569-5800
 
Whittier Street Health Center
(617) 427-1000

  Spanish
Bowdoin Street Health Center
(617) 754-0100
 
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
(617) 423-9575
 
Brookside Community Health Center    
(617) 522-4700  
 
Caritas Health Services at Brighton Marine
(617) 562-5200
 
Codman Square Health Center
(617) 825-9660
 
Dimock Community Health Center
(617) 442-8800
 
Dorchester House Multi-Service Center
(617) 288-3230
 
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
(617) 569-5800
 
Fenway Community Health Center
(617) 267-0900
 
Geiger-Gibson Health Center
(617) 288-1140
 
Greater Roslindale Medical & Dental Center
(617) 323-4440
 
Harvard Street Health Center
617) 825-3400
 
Joseph M. Smith Health Center
(617) 783-0500
 
Martha Eliot Health Center
(617) 971-2100
 
Mary Ellen McCormack Health Center
(617) 288-3119
 
Mattapan Community Health Center
(617) 296-0061
 
MGH Charlestown Health Care Center
(617) 724-2074
 
Neponset Health Center
(617) 282-3200
 
North End Community Health Center
(617) 742-9570
 
Roxbury Comp Community Health Center
(617) 442-7400
 
South Boston Community Health Center
(617) 269-7500
 
South End Community Health Center
(617) 425-2000
 
Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center
(617) 983-4100
 
Uphams Corner Health Center
(617) 287-8000
 
Whittier Street Health Center
(617) 427-1000

  Vietnamese
Caritas Health Services at Brighton Marine
(617) 562-5200
 
Dorchester House Multi-Service Center
(617) 288-3230
 
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
(617) 569-5800
 
Joseph M. Smith Health Center
(617) 783-0500
 
Little House Health Center
(617) 265-7799
 
Neponset Health Center
(617) 282-3200
 
South Cove Community Health Center
(617) 482-7555
 
Uphams Corner Health Center
(617) 287-8000

 
  Languages
Albanian
Arabic
Bulgarian
Cape Verdean Creole
Chinese
French
Greek
Hatian Creole
Hebrew
Hindi
Italian
Khmer (Cambodian)
Korean
Laotian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Serbian
Sign Language
Somalian
Spanish
Vietnamese
 
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