{"id":331316,"date":"2025-12-05T04:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T04:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/331316\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T04:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T04:07:10","slug":"nurse-practitioner-rallies-fellow-health-care-professionals-to-treat-somali-minnesotans-living-in-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/331316\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurse practitioner rallies fellow health care professionals to treat Somali Minnesotans living in fear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inspire Change Clinic<\/a> opened its doors in Minneapolis with a simple mission: provide access to marginalized communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Thursday afternoon, the clinic should have been bustling with a waiting room filled with families. Instead, the clinic was empty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“My patients are canceling. They’re afraid to come out of their home,” said Munira Maalimisaq, nurse practitioner and founder of Inspire Change Clinic.<\/p>\n

That fear isn’t contained to just this clinic; it can be seen in restaurants sitting half-empty.<\/p>\n

The reason is no secret: President Trump’s harsh words<\/a>, escalating rhetoric towards the Somali community<\/a> and a visible increase in ICE presence in the metro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That has created a climate where families feel vulnerable, and now it’s bleeding into health care.<\/p>\n

Maalimisaq says her clinic was founded to increase access to health care, and the impact has been especially painful.<\/p>\n

“I can’t imagine a mom struggling with, ‘Do I bring my kid in and jeopardize my safety and be picked up and lose my kids, or be separated from my kids? Or, do I get them the care that they need and risk it?'” Maalimisaq said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Those are real conversations she’s had with worried parents. The silence in her clinic wasn’t something she could accept \u2014 so she mobilized.<\/p>\n

A brief discussion with a colleague sparked an idea, and a solution. She created a rapid response medical line where families can call if they need medical attention and are too afraid to go to the hospital.<\/p>\n

The line is staffed by volunteers, with more than 40 medical professionals who will triage the situation and even do home visits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I’m speechless to know that Minnesota is greater and bigger than all the craziness that’s going on,” she smiled.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In this clinic, there is no politics, just health care at work.<\/p>\n

If you need help the clinic would love to hear from you. You can call 612-315-2858 between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

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