Sacred Heart Clinic offers a variety of medical services for residents of the Farm and the surrounding villages. Regular office hours for consults are offered two days a week, while emergency care is available at all hours. The set up is similar to a family physician’s office in the United States, even offering minor procedures and basic laboratory testing including blood counts, blood sugar checks, urine exams, and pregnancy tests. The clinic is staffed by a full time volunteer physician, nurse or physician’s assistant. The medical staff on average attends to 200 patients and dispenses roughly 600 prescriptions per month. Patient education is an important part of this ministry. In addition to the perennial topics such as nutrition and basic health care, Sacred Heart Clinic has provided for the training of local couples to teach Natural Family Planning. Finally, but most importantly, attention is given to the spiritual needs of the patients through praying with the patients at the beginning of each clinic day and referral of patients to the Farm of the Child’s women’s group and other spiritual support resources.
In addition to the daily health services provided, an annual visit by a volunteer dentist provides dental care to the residents and children of the Farm and the surrounding villages.