MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY Miami-Dade County encompasses more than 2,000 square miles (larger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware). The countys population in 1999 is estimated to be 2,118,696. Twenty-nine percent of the population is below 150 percent of the federal poverty level. The community is located along the southeast tip of the Florida peninsula. Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean bound it to the east, Everglades National Park to the West, the Florida Keys to the south, and Broward County to the north. According to the Florida Department of Health in 1999, Miami-Dade County had 6,294 medical doctors, 240 osteopathic physicians, 1,420 dentists, and 17,296 nurses actively licensed. Miami-Dade County provides comprehensive and sophisticated health and human services through an array of programs.
The Volunteer Services Program in
Miami-Dade County is a cooperative effort initiated by
the Miami-Dade County Health Department; the Dade County
Medical Association, community programs; private
organizations and a diverse group of individual
healthcare professionals. We are very proud of our
community that contributes their time and talents, in
helping achieve the goals of the Department of Health. Salon San Jose ClinicaClick
on photo above for full size version. The volunteer program is an extremely cost effective approach to addressing healthcare access. It extends state sovereign immunity protection to healthcare professionals and others who provide free healthcare services to the poor through contractual agreements with the state through Chapter 110 and 766.115 Florida Statutes.
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