HOLMES
COUNTY
County Profile:
1999 population 18,320.
Forty percent of the population is below 150 percent of
the federal poverty level. The major city is Bonifay.
Health Care Access:
According to Medical
Quality Assurance, in 1999, Holmes County had
nine medical doctors, one osteopathic physician, two
dentists, and 185 nurses actively licensed.
This county has a very
rural population with very few medical specialists in the
area.
Status of Volunteer
Efforts:
The extent of volunteer
health care continues to be limited to occasional free
care by a private physician.
Holmes County
Health Department has no volunteers; however, they
would be welcomed. Contact: Susan Pittman (850) 547-3691,
Suncom 771-3691
A few Holmes County
residents received donated medical care through the Bay
County BayCares Program.
Contact
Information
Postal
address, telephone and fax:
Region 1 Coordinator:-
- Karen Dany
Medical Center Clinic
8333 N. Davis Hwy., 5th
Floor/Room 22
Pensacola, FL 32514-6049
(850) 475-5277 (SC)
690-5277
FAX (850) 969-2914
- State
Coordinator:
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- Shannon
Lease, M.S.
Department of Health
Headquarters
BIN #A13
4052 Bald Cypress Way
Tallahassee FL 32399-1722
Telephone (850) 245-4104
(SC)205-4104
FAX (850)
414-6091 (SC)994-6091
Electronic mail:
- Volunteer
opportunities contact regional
coordinator: Karen_Dany@doh.state.fl.us
- General
Program Information: Shannon_Lease@doh.state.fl.us
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