A cikin haɓaka ra'ayin ƙin bakin haure da ma'anar ma'anar wanda ya ƙidaya a matsayin Ba'amurke, ƙungiyar baƙi na ci gaba da aikin da suka fara shekaru da yawa da suka gabata, suna kokawa da ɗaya daga cikin batutuwan ƙalubale da ke fuskantar Amurka: samun damar kula da lafiya ga waɗanda ke da mafi ƙarancin kuɗi.
UMMA, ko kungiyar likitocin musulmi ta jami'a, daliban likitanci musulmi ne a UCLA da Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science suka kafa a matsayin asibitin kyauta sakamakon tarzomar Los Angeles a 1992, wanda yayi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane sama da 50 tare da raunata 2,300.
"Lokacin da wadanda suka kafa cibiyar suka koma yankin da ke kusa da Kudancin Los Angeles bayan tarzomar, abin mamaki ne cewa babu isassun cibiyoyin kiwon lafiya da ayyuka a yankin," in ji Lee Stenberg, babban jami'in dabarun a UMMA Health.
Asibitin, wanda ya yi jinyar majinyacinsa na farko a shekarar 1996, ya zama kungiyar Musulmi-Amurka ta farko da ta samu tallafin tarayya don yi wa al'ummomin da ba su hidima a 2008.
"Na san wadanda suka kafa wannan cibiya daga masallaci," in ji Siraj Tod, wani likitan asibiti a UMMA Health. Na yi aikin sa kai a asibitin na tsawon shekaru hudu yayin da nake dalibi a UCLA. Na yi komai daga cika akwatunan magani, tsaftace muhalli, da duk abin da ake bukata.
A yau, asibitin, wanda aka samo asali daga masu sa kai da kuma gudummawa daga al'ummar musulmi, yana da wurare biyar a cikin Kudancin Los Angeles.
Tod ya ce "Bisa koyarwar addinin muslunci game da hidima da bayar da agaji, mun ji cewa mu likitocin muna yin kyau don haka ya kamata mu taimaki wadanda ba su cikin yanayi guda."
Asibitin Kudancin Los Angeles ba shine kawai shirin al'ummar musulmi da suka fito don ba da taimako da magani ba. A daidai wannan lokaci ne dalibai musulmi da al’ummar garin Chicago suka kaddamar da wata cibiya mai suna IMAN domin magance matsalar talauci da matsalolin birane.
Kungiyoyin biyu wani bangare ne na ci gaban cibiyoyin kula da lafiyar al’ummar Musulmi a Amurka, tare da a kalla asibitoci 110 da ke ba da sabis na kiwon lafiya, da hakori da kuma masu rahusa kyauta ko rahusa.
Yawancin waɗannan ƙananan asibitoci ne da masu aikin sa kai ke gudanarwa, kuma fiye da kashi ɗaya bisa uku na su suna cikin wuraren da gwamnati ta ayyana a wuraren kula da lafiya.