Samaritan's Touch Care Center
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| Samaritan's Touch Care Center | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Sebring center at 2306 Hope Circle, Sebring, Florida 33870, southeast United States, Florida, United States |
| Coordinates | Sebring center 27°32′32″N 81°29′44″W / 27.5423°N 81.4955°W ; [1] |
| Organization | |
| Type | nonprofit medical clinic |
| History | |
| Opened | May 2007 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://samaritanstouch.org/ |
Samaritan's Touch Care Center is a nonprofit outpatient medical clinic with two Highlands County, Florida, location - one in Sebring It considers itself a Christian ministry and says many persons who have been helped by it "have dedicated their lives to Christ and began a personal relationship with Jesus Christ." It provides FREE health services to persons who meet these criteria:
- Have no medical insurance of any kind (not even Medicaid or Medicare).
- Have a family income at or below 300% of the federal poverty level.[2][3][4]
History
[edit]Samaritan's Touch apparently had its beginnings in 2006 and, according to the NonProfiFacts.com website, became a charitable organization in March 2007. The Sebring clinic opened in May 2007 and has always been at the Herring Avenue location. It is now located at 2306 Hope Circle, Sebring, Fl., 33870 S [. Samaritan's Touch was organized to provide healthcare services to those who cannot afford any type of health care. Highlands County has a large number of persons who do not have work or do work, but make little more than the Federal minimum wage.
The clinic has always run with mostly volunteer help. Several Doctors from the beginning have volunteered service as the clinic's primary care physician. According to the Manta website, as of 2024, the clinic has 5 employees.[5][6][7]
From 2007 to 2024 the Sebring clinic logged more than 83,000 patient visits. >
In July 2010 Florida Hospital Heartland Division for a time loaned an administrator to Samaritan's Touch to help expand the clinic's reputation, reach and resources. In 2011 Florida Hospital Heartland Medical Center donated more than $1.5 million in diagnostic imaging, laboratory services and outpatient services to Samaritan's Touch patients. The Moffitt Cancer Center offered cancer care in Tampa, Florida.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ These coordinates can be determined from satellite maps. Wikimapia allows the user to center on these sites and determine their coordinates. Also, Google street maps help pinpoint the sites.
- ^ "Samaritan's Touch Care Center," (Sebring, Florida: Samaritan's Touch Care Center, Inc., ca. 2012), pp. 3, 6.
- ^ "Maguire State Mission Offering," in Florida Baptist Witness website at "Maguire State Mission Offering - Florida Baptist Witness". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2012-09-21. .
- ^ Non Profit Facts website, http://www.nonprofitfacts.com/FL/Samaritans-Touch-Care-Center-Inc.html .
- ^ Manta website at http://www.manta.com/c/mmps04z/samaritan-s-touch-care-center .
- ^ NonProfitFacts.com website, http://www.nonprofitfacts.com .
- ^ Healthgrades website at http://www.healthgrades.com/group-directory/florida-fl/sebring/samaritans-touch-care-center-25d330a2 .
- ^ Vitals website, at http://www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Luis_Pena/profile .
- ^ Pallavi Agarwal, "Uninsured and sick: Where to go?," July 20, 2012, Highlands Today online website, at [1] .