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Medical Clinic

Center for Hope and Healing

Hours of Operation

Health ministry: Tuesday 11–3 (walk-in; near the food pantry)


Medical clinic: Tuesday 9:30–2:30 and Wednesday 11–3:30 (walk-in or appointment)

Location

2020 Madison Avenue
Covington, KY 41014

Park next to the building, come to the door beneath the large painting of Jesus

Contact Information

Phone: 859-261-0323
Fax: 859-261-0464
Executive Director: Theresa Furnish, APRN
rghmclinic@gmail.com
Mailing address: PO Box 122038, Covington, KY 41012-2038

Welcome to the Medical Clinic

at the Center for Hope and Healing!

Your hope for better health and a brighter tomorrow starts here with warm smiles, respectful listening, and professional treatment, counsel, and advice, all without charge. ‶Ask and ye shall receive.″ Translation services are available.

Primary care medical services include

  • Examination, diagnosis, treatment, or referral

  • On-site testing for Hepatitis C, Strep, Covid, HbA1c, and routine urinalysis

  • Blood, urine, and tissue laboratory testing

  • Prescription and over-the-counter medications

  • Electrocardiogram (ECG)

  • Blood pressure monitoring

  • Diabetes monitoring, insulin, home test kits

  • Respiratory therapy treatments

  • Women’s wellness check-ups, pap tests

  • 4D ultrasound

  • Tobacco cessation classes, nicotine replacement therapy

  • School and sports physicals

  • Pediatric care

Specialist support includes

  • Referrals to 20 regional specialists

  • Appointment and copay assistance

  • Bus passes for appointments

  • Vision care, eyeglasses, retinopathy screening

Center for Hope and Healing Staff
Center for Hope and Healing Staff

Health ministry services

  • Walk-in screenings near the Mission's food pantry

  • Diabetes and blood pressure checks

Volunteers

Everyone here is a volunteer. Since our opening on January 24, 2012, our team of medical professional has included physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, ultrasound technicians, counselors, and medical translators.

Our patient count continues to rise month by month, and we urge interested professionals to prayerfully consider volunteering as their availability permits.

If you are looking for a way to combine your faith and your medical skills, you've found the right place!

We also need front-desk receptionists.

Call or email for details.

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Our 2025 Medical Report

by the numbers...

  • 294 patients

  • 83 (28%) new

  • 831 total visits

  • 59% female, 41% male

  • 6 months to 80 years old

  • 68% Hispanic/Latino, 22% White, 10% Black

  • 35% hypertensive (high blood pressure)

  • 30% diabetic

  • 23% smokers

  • 9% mental health issues

  • 4% COPD

Key services

  • 1,612 lab tests worth $29,935

  • $14,758 in aid for insulin and 1,250 prescriptions

  • 330 in-house diabetes tests

  • 18 home glucose meters and 2,250 test strips

  • 31 ultrasounds

  • 13 mammograms hosted

  • 78 optometrist exams, 30 eyeglasses

Support

Medical volunteers call this place ‶God’s Clinic″ because everyone has seen how He provides everything we need, year after year. For example, the night before the Women's Wellness room launched, we suddenly realized we'd forgotten to get patient gowns! All we could do was offer a prayer, lock up, and go home. First thing the next morning, a box of neatly folded exam gowns was waiting. Where did they come from? No one knew— just that ‶God provides!″

Our nurses love to give birthday cakes to people if they have an appointment on their birthday!
Our nurses love to give birthday cakes to people if they have an appointment on their birthday!

Financially, we depend entirely on solicited grant funds, unsolicited gifts, and the good stewardship of every staff member, even as they adhere to professional standards of care. We have reduced-rate agreements with several providers of services and materials.

As a ministry of the Rose Garden Mission, the Center for Hope and Healing does not accept government funding. This allows us to serve anyone who asks for help, regardless of their employment status or income rate, place of residence, age, race, gender, etc.

We also have no paid staff, meaning every donation goes right to helping those in need.

Everyone who contributes in any way is a gift in themselves to the poor and sick — on whose behalf, we echo: ‶Gracias! Merci! Thank you!″

APRN and Franciscan Daughter of Mary pose for a picture
APRN and Franciscan Daughter of Mary pose for a picture