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Geoffrey
Jackson, Eugene Jackson, Sister Lois
McDonough and Rosemary Fox in front
of the HealthLink building. |
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Eugene Jackson, a
philanthropist and co-founder of Springhouse
Corporation, a healthcare publishing company,
established HealthLink Medical Center in March 1999. While serving on
the Board at Abington Memorial Hospital, Mr. Jackson had
the opportunity to visit a volunteer clinic in
Chester County. He was so impressed with the work
being done there that he came away with a burning
desire to open a volunteer clinic for working
uninsured adults living in Bucks and Montgomery Counties.
Mr. Jackson purchased a building at 1775 Street
Road in Southampton, PA, for use by HealthLink, at a
rental cost of $1 per year. Renovations, as well
as an addition to the building were donated and completed
in February 2001. HealthLink opened its doors to
medical patients on March 8, 2001 and to dental
patients on August 15, 2001.
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| Construction
being done to convert a ranch house
into the current HealthLink Medical
Center building. |
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| Rosemary
Fox, Sister Lois McDonough, Marie-Louise
Jackson, Geoffrey Jackson and Susan
Jackson Tressider at HealthLink's ribbon
cutting ceremony |
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HealthLink provides primary
medical and dental care to individuals and
families, ages 19 to 65 who are employed, who do
not have healthcare insurance, and whose earnings
fall within 200% of the annually published federal
poverty guidelines. Free care is provided by
experienced and caring volunteer healthcare
professionals. HealthLink has over 70 volunteers
which include doctors, dentists, nurse
practitioners, dental hygienists, nurses and
administrators. We also have on-site volunteer
specialists including a dietician, a cardiologist,
three oral surgeons, and 3 chiropractors.
Additionally, we
have a team of specialists, both medical and dental,
who will see our patients when referred by a
HealthLink physician.
HealthLink also provides
free prescription medication to patients requiring
pharmaceutical intervention. Health education
is also provided to enable patients to make choices
that create healthy lifestyles.
HealthLink is open for patient
care five days a week and two Tuesday
evenings per month. |
