Announcements and News

To our established patients and the entire uninsured community of the mountain area:

Healing Hands is here for you!

We are open and will continue providing you with the best possible basic primary care healthcare, just in a little different manner.

In order to help our wonderful patients and volunteer staff stay safe, we have changed the way in which we take care of you but, rest assured, you will receive care.

Follow up appointments, new patient intakes and lab follow ups will be conducted via video consults(FaceTime, Skype or Zoom) or, should you not have access to one of these, we will do a telephone consult for follow ups. You must call 706-994-6768 and schedule an appointment time for your off-site consult. New patient appointments will be scheduled according to on-site time slot availability.

Please remember that Healing Hands is not a walk-in clinic-APPOINTMENTS ARE NECESSARY. We also do not have urgent care capabilities and we are unable to handle emergency situations. Our primary focus is on those who have simple issues and chronic conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, thyroid conditions and COPD.

Healing Hands is UNABLE to test for COVID-19. If you think you may be infected with COVID-19, call the Georgia Department of Public Health Hotline: (844) 442-2681. They will instruct you what to do.

You are not alone! We are here to help in anyway that we can. Please call, even if you just need direction or prayer. Stay home and stay safe. Know that we love you!

Sincerely,

Jeri Ann King, LPN Executive Director

Please check back later for more updates from the staff at Healing Hands Community Clinic.

To help prevent infection, remember to wash your hands for at least 20 seconds before touching your face. Need info on COVID-19? Two great websites that are full of reliable information include the Center for Disease Control and the World Health Organization.

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Healing Hands -- helping to make a difference in people's lives

Teresa Strickland sat outside Blairsville’s Healing Hands Clinic giving herself a pep talk.

It went against just about every fiber of her being for Teresa to ask for help.

Yet Teresa also knew that, without aid, she might be physically unable to seek assistance much longer. Already psychologically exhausted from the twists and turns her life had taken over recent months, Teresa also felt her body giving out. And she was on the verge of giving up.

Read more about Teresa Strickland and the faces of hunger.

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Sorghum Parade 2018

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You can donate to Healing Hands Community Clinic online through PayPal

or mail in donations to Healing Hands Community Clinic, PO Box 2143, Blairsville, GA 30514.. Just $5 can really help. Thanks!

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Thanks to Regency Hospice and St. Clare's Episcopal Church for their gifts of love.

New Patients

Please call for an appointment -- we accept patients regardless of place of residence.

MISSION:

To joyfully provide healthcare to people without medical insurance so that all who enter (the clinic) will feel and see evidence of God's unconditional love.

OFFICE HOURS:

Tuesday 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Who are we?

"Ambassadors of Christ who are changing lives while saving lives, one loving touch at a time"

About Healing Hands Community Clinic

Healing Hands was founded in 2007 to supply basic healthcare services to the uninsured of the mountain area (we do not have restrictions as to county or state of residence) as well as to provide an uplifting spiritual message of hope, and exemplify Christ’s love to the sick and infirmed. Healing Hands is a nonprofit non-denominational, faith based ministry staffed by volunteers and funded solely by donations made by individuals, businesses, churches/church organizations and civic organizations; the generosity of the community.

Services

Healing Hands provides free basic healthcare needs such as those you might see in a non-urgent care facility. The Clinic is able to see those patients with sub-acute health problems such as:
• Sore throat/Strep
• Influenza
• Gastric Flu
• Urinary tract infection
• Sinus infection
• Ear infection
• Simple skin lesions/rash

Healing Hands is able to assist the patient in the managing of specific uncomplicated chronic conditions such as:
• COPD/Asthma
• Hypertension
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Hyper/Hypothyroidism
• High Cholesterol/Triglycerides

The Clinic offers affordable lab monitoring (maintaining a budgeted allotment, when funds are available, to assist those patients who are unable to cover the cost), EKG’s and other diagnostic testing which can be performed in-house. Healing Hands will outsource imaging services to regional centers who accept patients on a self-pay or indigent basis and will also assist clinic patients with limited emergency dental care when funds are available.

Healing Hands is UNABLE to provide:
• Urgent/Emergent care services
• HIV/AIDS management
• Chronic pain management (requiring the use of controlled substances)
• Mental health services
• Women’s health services, including pregnancy
• Care normally provided by specialists

Pharmaceutical assistance will be offered through use of generic, low cost medications or through Pharmaceutical Assistance Program (PAP) sponsored by the pharmaceutical companies.

Eligibility

Those who are in need of our services and are interested in becoming a patient of Healing Hands must be:
• Completely uninsured and ineligible for Medicare, Medicaid, PeachCare, or any other type of government subsidized insurance
• Have a household income of 200% or less of the federally defined poverty level
• Over the age of two (2)

Prospective patients must contact the clinic either in person or at 706-994-6768 for an initial qualification/triage appointment. The patient will be required to:
• Complete all required clinic documentation
• Provide a photo ID (if available)
• Provide proof of income: check stub, 1099, W-2, previous year’s tax return or, if unemployed, a proof of income printout from Social Security. If unemployed a signed no-income statement will be necessary along with a notarized statement from the person who provides basic living needs.

Reminder -- when you come for your initial appointment, please bring ALL OF THE MEDICATIONS AND SUPPLEMENTS YOU ARE CURRENTLY TAKING IN THEIR ORIGINAL CONTAINERS. Thank-you.