South Miami-Dade County Health Clinics

Health Clinics, Miami

A private clinic that offers first aid and mental health benefits to residents of South Dade.

• Special health programs such as Medicare or Medicaid are accepted.
• Costs are based on the ability to pay according to a scale.  The poor will not be returned.
• The Doris Ison Center clinic is open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week not for emergencies.

Mental health clinics working together:

-Clinic: Doris Ison Clinic

-Martin Luther King Jr. Peasant Clinic

-Health Center: W. Perrine Health Center

-Health Center: Everglades Health center

-Health Center: S. Dade Health Center

Family economic opportunity in health centers:
Mental health care to the longest urban area in Florida.  14 medical centers in Miami-Dade County.  They provide medical and dental care, substance abuse, counseling and treatment, as well as AIDS prevention programs and family counseling.

-Costs: According to scale

-Location: 5631 NW 22nd Avenue Miami^{, Florida 33142}

-Phone: (305) 805-1700

Admission Privileges: Physicians have admitted privileges from N. Shore and Parkway Hospital.

Stanley C. Meyers Community Health Center:

A community clinic that provides health services prevents, diagnoses and treats.  It includes comprehensive prenatal care programs, ultrasounds, sonograms, breast feeding, and childbirth classes.

-Costs: According to scale

-Hours: 7:30 am to 4:00 pm Monday to Friday (Monday and Wednesday open until 6:00 pm)

-Open to all residents of Miami Beach, Bay Harbor, Bal Harbor, North Bay Village and the Surfside side.

University of Miami Medical Group (at Jackson Memorial Hospital). Call 305-243-5757 or toll-free 800-432-0191 to make an appointment.

-Free Little Haiti Clinics:

• Health clinic at Toussaint L’Outverture (Health Clinic). 120 NE 59th^Street
• Harrington Community Health Center at the Haitian Study Center.

Hospitals – Hospitals treat patients with acute and serious health problems and administer surgeries. Private hospitals can be very expensive. Sometimes if you cannot prove evidence of insurance or means of payment you may be denied treatment. Most major insurance schemes cover a lot but not all of your hospital costs. In addition to site costs you must pay separately for treatment by your specialist, emergency site fees and ambulance services.

Jackson Memorial Hospital is the largest public hospital in Miami and provides care regardless of your ability to pay. It is affiliated with the University of Miami Medical School and treats poorer patients as well as those with special surgical and rehabilitation needs. It has modern facilities for neonatal care, burns, organ transplants, and spinal cord injuries.

Baptist Hospital is the largest private hospital in the county. To be accepted for treatment you must have insurance or proof of ability to pay.

Miami Children’s Hospital provides comprehensive care and rehabilitation in all medical areas for infants, children and young adults. Direct Phone Physician Referral: 1-888-mch-docs

For a complete list of hospitals in Miami-Dade County, click here.

Miami-Dade County Hospitals:

Hospital Del Jackson Memorial
1611 NW 12th Avenue
Miami FL 33136
Phone: 305-585-1111

The largest public hospital in Miami. Ease of Teaching for the University of Miami School of Medicine. Jackson Memorial treats poor and uninsured people as well as patients who require specialized care.

• 1,567 licensed beds
• regional referral center for Jackson Health System’s network of 12 primary care providers

Special facilities:

• Burn Center
• Newborn Special Care Center
• Organ Transplant Center
• Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Center
• Bloodless Center for Medicine and Surgery – for patients who do not want blood transfusions (305-585-7269)

Miami Children’s Hospital website in Spanish
3100 SW 62nd Avenue Miami 33155
1-800-432-6837 (toll-free); 305-666-6511 (local)
Physician Referral (toll-free): 1-888-MCH-DOCS

Comprehensive care and rehabilitation in all areas for infants, children, and young adults

Baptist Health System (Sistema de la salud del Bautista) website in Spanish – a network of four South Florida hospitals, including:

• Baptist Hospital of Miami – the largest private hospital in Miami
• South Miami Hospital (Hospital Del sur De Miami)
• Homestead Hospital
• Vascular Institute of Miami (Instituto Vascular De Miami)

Mt. Sinai Medical Center and Miami Heart Institute – (707-bed) a private, large, independent, non-for-benefit teaching hospital. Affiliates include:

• Mt. Sinai-St. Francis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center – highly regarded in areas of deliveries, surgeries and high risk emergency treatment.
• Mt. Sinai-Aventura doctor’s offices and diagnostic center

Boca Raton Community Hospital – in Boca Raton, Broward County