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Over 50,000 people from our community have received services from the Doctors' Volunteer Clinic since its opening in 1999. Many of these patients are children with contagious upper respiratory infections and fevers for whom medication is necessary and yet for some unobtainable.

Tony Young
of the National Free Clinic Association

"It is a rare community who demonstrates responsibility for the improvement of their community's health in such a manner as The Doctors' Volunteer Clinic of St. George, without seeking government funding," says Tony Young of the National Free Clinic Association. "Free Clinics across the nation continue to have a significant impact on the improved
health of communities and greatly benefit the communities they serve."

Intermountain Health Care
Community Partnerships

United Way

Eccles Foundation

Southwest Mental Health Center

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Salvation Army Vouchers provide the ability for patients to obtain necessary medications, including antibiotics, blood pressure and diabetes
medication.

Pharmaceuticals are generously donated by local physicians, pharmacies and manufacturers.

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HOURS OF OPERATION

General Medical Clinic
Monday - Thursday
Hours: 10 am - 4 pm
Call for appointments
Walk ins welcome

Hypertension Clinic
Wednesday
Hours: 10 am-12 pm
Appointment only

Gynecology Clinic
Tuesday - Wednesday
Hours: 10 am - 12 pm

Mental Health Clinic
Monday - Friday
Hours: 9 am - 4 pm
Call for appointments

Dental Clinic
Dental Services offered on sliding scale fee basis
Wednesday, Thursday
9 am to 5 pm
Call for appointments

CLASSES

Alcohol and Drug evaluations available by appointment. Cost is $30.

1036 E. Riverside Drive
St. George, UT 84790

435-656-0022
Fax 435-634-8166

DeAnne Staheli, APRN
Clinic Director

DeAnne Staheli, MSN, APRN
1036 East Riverside Drive
St. George, Utah 84790
435-656-0022

I am always in awe of what it is that brings people- sometimes complete strangers—together. This is National Volunteer Week, and I can't think of a better time to celebrate and acknowledge the volunteer spirit in this community than now. Last week, the tractors started rolling outside the Doctors’ Volunteer Clinic and the Southern Utah Home Builders Association (SUHBA) broke ground on the new expansion.

As I looked around the large crowd in attendance, I noticed that most of the faces were unfamiliar. The groundbreaking ended with Councilman Jon Pike, on behalf of the Mayor, leading us all in “Are You from Dixie” . By the end of the song, the crowd was shouting in unison and the youthful feeling of Dixie pride came flooding back to me. The unfamiliar crowd around me suddenly became friends that I just hadn't yet met. That is when it clicked. I think I finally understand this community spirit of volunteerism that I keep trying to put a name to. Builders and laborers from SUHBA came into the Clinic throughout the day to look at the plans. I watched them converse across the table as they met each other for the first time, asking what needs to be done and how they can help. After a long day of working together, I caught a glimpse as they shook hands and smiled in parting— their only pay for the day. I realized that this is where the story is: The volunteer - strangers working together even when there is nothing in it for them. The air conditioner breaks and a patient waiting to see the physician has it fixed and running by the end of the day. A stranger at the groundbreaking hands us an envelope and then quickly leaves. We open the envelope later to discover a donation check of $10,000. And let’s not forget, the patients who appear to have the least to give, reaching into their tattered wallets, giving the full contents. What is that? I search for the word. Then we sing the old familiar song in unison and I remember: It’s the Dixie Spirit. The song that excludes no one, that has no lines of demarcation, and portrays our commonality. It reminds us that we all share the same home, and regardless of differences, we all have a common purpose: the well-being of our community. And when we come together with this purpose, differences become irrelevant, and one person’s need becomes everyone’s need. I have been watching this Spirit in action.

Those that have the means offering what they can for those that don’t. And those that don’t still doing what they can . In a country where extremists are burning Korans, creating more anger and hate, I am filled with hope and gratitude as I watch the Homebuilders and this project represent to me the cause of oneness, where differences disappear and strangers become friends. It is this Dixie Spirit that sees the community as a whole that gathers people together for its common good. And it is that Spirit of commonality that will continue to be the driving force behind the Volunteer Clinic, where all deserve healthcare despite their circumstance , and where local physicians and nurses, dentists and psychiatrists will continue to volunteer their time, proving that we are a community that can take care of its own.