| Facility Name: Sault Ste. Marie Health Clinic | ||||||||||
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| About Sault Ste. Marie Health Clinic | ||||||||||
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Sault Ste. Marie Tribal Health Center serves over 15,000 patients in the Eastern Upper Peninsula - Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Services include family medicine, dentistry, pharmacy just to name a few. Inpatient care is provided/contracted through local and area hospitals. We have a well trained, dedicated, and overall exceptional staff located within an outpatient clinic, which facilitates easy collaboration between the medical and dental staff. Because of the “twin Soos” [both USA and Canada] music , dance, and art classes, open swimming/hockey/skating, martial arts, a variety of adult fitness classes, outdoor education classes, etc – something for everyone. There is an elementary charter school run by the tribe. The Soo has large discount stores, a "small mall,” and a downtown area with small pubs, coffee houses, and unique shops. |
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| Geographic Information | ||||||||||
| Location: | SAULT STE. MARIE, MI | |||||||||
| Type of Program: | Tribal | |||||||||
| Service Unit: | EASTERN MICHIGAN | |||||||||
| Tribe/Nation: | Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians | |||||||||
| IHS Area: | BEMIDJI | |||||||||
| Staffing / Clinic Size | ||||||||||
| Year Clinic was built (or remodeled): | 2021 | |||||||||
| Number of dental operatories: | 8 | |||||||||
| Types of referral services: | Pedodontics [limited] | |||||||||
| Total dental clinic staffing: | 14 | |||||||||
| Clinic Specifics / About The Area | ||||||||||
| Number of clinic patients (users): | 10000 | |||||||||
| Nearest city with > 50,000 people & distance: | Midland/Bay City/ Saginaw area- 3 hours | |||||||||
| Airports serving the area & distance: | Sault Ste. Marie, 20 miles | |||||||||
| Housing Options: | Sault Ste. Marie- [“college town” LSSU with a population of ~ 14,000] or a variety of lake homes or more rural locations | |||||||||
| Distance from clinic to nearest residential area: | 1 | |||||||||
| Distance to nearest schools: | 1 | |||||||||
| Recreational opportunities in the immediate area: | Fishing, Hunting, Canoeing, Downhill Skiing, Snowboarding, X-Country Skiing, Hiking, Boating, Waterskiing, Scuba Diving, Sailing, Hockey, Curling, Mountain Biking, and Snowmobiling, Snowshoeing, Racket Ball Courts at the LSSU gym and 2 hockey arenas | |||||||||
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