We never stop providing health and hope to the hurting! |
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We are in the News!
Check out this PNJ guest editorial by
Executive Director, Sally Bergosh
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Dental Hygiene Students are back |
- PSC dental Hygiene students are back and providing cleanings every Tuesday from January 19th through March 9th. The students will provide services for six patients each week.
- We welcome back all our dentists in 2021.
- We expect a record number of dental services this year.
- We are glad to have Dr. Spurlock back with us after a brief absence.
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CONGRATULATIONS Jacob Diaz for being accepted into Dental School. We are proud of you. In addition to being accepted into two dental schools, Jacob received a scholarship. This is a big deal! He's super smart and kind. We can't wait to see where your journey takes you, Jacob. (pictured L-R: Dr. Larry Morris, Jacob Diaz) Special shout out to Dr. Morris and our dental team for mentoring Jacob. |
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One Patient's Story...
I made my way to Health and Hope Clinic to register as a new patient. I was quite unwell. The day I walked in, the large blood soaked bandage around my left foot was dripping blood onto the floor of the lobby when the clinic pharmacist happened to walk past me taking notice of my condition. She asked the Clinic Manager to take a look at my foot. She immediately knew something was more than a little wrong by the smell of my flesh. Wheeling me into an exam room, she took my temperature, and removed my dirty, blood soaked bandage. When I tell you I was quite unwell, I mean having a fever of 100.2 and the foot tissue falling away as she removed the bandages tells my story. Did you know your foot should have a pulse? Mine didn't. She bandaged my foot, continued to examine me and drew some blood to check for Diabetes. The blood results run in the Clinic Lab reflected Diabetes Type II with a blood glucose of 310 and a Hemoglobin A1C of 10.9. You can probably imagine what happened next. I found myself in an ambulance headed to Baptist Emergency Room and quickly into the operating room for a below the knee amputation. Waking up the next day, the clinic manager called to check on me. Who are these people? Who is this woman? Why do they care about what happens to me? My surgery was a success. I've recovered from that surgery, been fitted for a prosthetic leg and now receiving physical therapy and learning how to walk again. I'm still a patient at Health and Hope where I follow-up with a provider on a regular basis to receive insulin to treat my diabetes. I'm looking forward to returning to work.
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We have had
“3”
salvations already this year!!
During this season of COVID we get so many recently unemployed that feel lost & hopeless with no health insurance & anxiety & depression quickly setting in.
Patients come to the clinic for health concerns and are met at the front door by an encourager.
Each person is treated with dignity, respect & prayers!
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Did you know we have an Optometrist, Dr. Douglas Reynolds who sees patients in the Clinic every month?
Check out the Lab and see the Slit Lamp and other equipment he and his soon to be associates use to assess patients eyes.
Providers can order an eye examination for patients and Dr. Reynolds will ensure that not only are their eyes examined but that they get a pair of free eyeglasses too!
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Need help to overcome a tobacco habit?
FREE
classes each week.
Every Thursday @ 11AM
1718 E Olive Rd
Walk-ins welcome
Providers, refer your patients to this valuable series of no smoking classes.
Ask one of our nurses for an application for your patients to complete.
The classes offer FREE patches, Nicotine gum, etc.& lots of behavior health education to help kick the habit for good!
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Kelsey Dutton, APRN
My-Hahn Inman, APRN
Mary Johnsten, PA
Abeer Abutaleb, MD
David Salikof, MD
Joumana Sarkhoche, MD
Martha Stewart, MD
Erin Thompson, PA
Special Shout Out to our very own Carrie Boyd who PASSED her boards in January to become an APRN in Women’s Health.
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Alyssa Poe
Interview by Will Philips
How did you start volunteering at the Health & Hope Clinic?
I recently moved from Chicago to Florida at the end of May 2020 and wanted to find a place in the area to start volunteering. While trying to find employment in Florida, I felt very helpless and knew that the only way to solve this issue was to find an opportunity to once again help patients and healthcare staff during these stressful times.
What department do you work in at the clinic, and what makes your work meaningful to you?
I work in the Patient Assistance Program. There are many things I love about this department- our team, the interconnectedness with other departments at our clinic, working with drug manufacturers. I think what makes the work I do very meaningful is what the core of the department is all about- being able to get patients necessary medications that are vital to their health at no cost to them. Knowing that my work will allow them to live a slightly easier, healthier and a little less stressful life is what makes me happy to come in and put the hours in at clinic.
What skills have you learned from working with the clinic?
I believe my teamwork and communication skills have significantly improved since working at the clinic. Such a key component of healthcare is working and relying on others to help with the care of patients and I believe our clinic is a great representation of how that’s done well!
What are your career plans?
I’ll be attending medical school this upcoming Summer or Fall (depending on the school I decide to go to). As for now, I’m hoping to specialize in Infectious Disease with an emphasis on public health and international medicine.
What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
I love running! Shooting for a half marathon before I start medical school. Other than that, practically anything outside- hiking, going to the beach, going out on the boat, random road trips!
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She is the #1 champion for our patients. |
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In 2020,
Caroline McMullen volunteered
1,408.13 hours equating to $34,768.87 in services for casework.
We love you Caroline!
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An encouraging word from the Board of Director's chair
We are amazed and grateful for our progress as a clinic, given this past year's pandemic. Our new patients tripled from the prior year, and the new volunteers, along with strong current volunteers, met our patient needs in 2020. We value ALL of our healthcare partners. A pandemic certainly makes you evaluate how you do business and sometimes you have to make never-done-it-that-way-before changes to your processes. And in the midst of this, Health & Hope became a Narcan distributor to combat the heavy toil of Opioids. We are honored to provide hope and health for the hurting for this community.
Don McLaughlin
Treasurer-Board of Directors
Health & Hope Clinic
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How our donors gave in 2020?
- Check
- Cash
- Credit Card
- Automatic monthly contributions
- Individuals and Businesses
- Churches
- Christmas at the Clinic
- Text the word "HOPE" to 850-378-3917
- Stocks
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Health and Hope Clinic Board of Directors
- BOD Chairman - Anna Causey, Torgersen Causey, Vice President
- BOD Vice Chairman - William R. Goodwin, Gulf Power, Change Management Lead
- BOD Treasurer/Secretary - Donald McLaughlin, International Paper, Inc.-retired
- Member - John T. Porter, Baptist Healthcare, Vice President
- Member - Dr. Brian Nall, Pensacola Bay Baptist Association, Executive Director
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Member - Paul McLeod, M.D., Florida State University College of Medicine-Dean, Physician and Medical Director-Health and Hope Clinic
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Member - Ronald E. Jackson, Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund-CPA
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Member - Raina Alexander, ECSD Physician/Director-Marathon Health
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Member - Larry Morris, DMD, Northwest Florida Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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Member - J. Nixon Daniel, III, Beggs & Lane, Managing Partner & Attorney at Law
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