Facility Name: Lac Vieux Desert Health Center | ||||||||||||||
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About Lac Vieux Desert Health Center | ||||||||||||||
The Lac Vieux Desert Health Center is located in Watersmeet, MI. Watersmeet is in the scenic upper peninsula of Michigan. Services include family medicine, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy and mental health care. On staff at the clinic are a physician, family nurse practitioner, two registered nurses. |
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Geographic Information | ||||||||||||||
Location: | WATERSMEET, MI | |||||||||||||
Type of Program: | Tribal | |||||||||||||
Service Unit: | EASTERN MICHIGAN | |||||||||||||
Tribe/Nation: | Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | |||||||||||||
IHS Area: | BEMIDJI | |||||||||||||
Staffing / Clinic Size | ||||||||||||||
Year Clinic was built (or remodeled): | 2016 | |||||||||||||
Number of dental operatories: | 6 | |||||||||||||
Types of referral services: | Oral Surgery and Pedodontics | |||||||||||||
Total dental clinic staffing: | 10 | |||||||||||||
Clinic Specifics / About The Area | ||||||||||||||
Number of clinic patients (users): | 2300 | |||||||||||||
Nearest city with > 50,000 people & distance: | Duluth, MN 161 miles or Green Bay, WI 173 miles | |||||||||||||
Airports serving the area & distance: | Rhinelander, WI 50 miles Duluth, MN 161 miles or Green Bay, WI 173 miles | |||||||||||||
Housing Options: | Locally rural towns , [Ewan, Bruce Crossings] Eagle River, WI [26 miles] lake homes, Iron River, MI [30 miles] | |||||||||||||
Distance from clinic to nearest residential area: | 21 | |||||||||||||
Distance to nearest schools: | 21 | |||||||||||||
Recreational opportunities in the immediate area: | Four season recreation area: fishing, camping, swimming, canoeing, boating, waterskiing, biking, golfing, hunting, cross country skiing, snowmobiling, ATV trails. |
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