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Gennesaret Free Clinic

Contact Information:
Gennesaret Free Clinic
631 E. New York Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Telephone: (317) 262-5645
Fax: (317) 262-5609

Email:
rseifert@worldnet.
att.net

Web:
http://www.gennesaret.org
Gennesaret Free Clinic provides health care, health education, case management and recuperative transitional housing to the poor and homeless of Indianapolis through volunteer health professionals.
Little Red Door Cancer Agency

Contact Information:
1801 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
Telephone: 317.925.5595
Fax: 317.925.5597

Email:
lrd@littlereddoor.org
Web:
http://www.littlereddoor.org/
Little Red Door Cancer Agency works to reduce the physical, emotional and financial burdens of cancer by providing free-of-charge services for the medically underserved population of Greater Indianapolis.
Indiana State Department of Health

Contact Information:
Indiana State Department of Health
2 North Meridian St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Main Phone Number: (317) 233-1325

Web:
http://www.state.in.
us/isdh/

Indiana State Department of Health home page contains information about their regulatory services, health information, publications, data and statistics for the state, list of Public Health programs, health care links, birth and death certificates, and training opportunities.
Children's Special Health Care Service

Contact Information:
2 N. Meridian Street, Sec. 7-B
Indianapolis, IN 46204-1964
Telephone: (317) 233-5600
Toll free: (800) 475-1355

Web:
http://www.unitedway.bartholomew.
in.us/irisonline/Childrens_Special
_Health_Care_Svcs__Indiana_
State_Dept_of_Hea.html

Helps families who have children with serious, chronic medical conditions receive treatment that is related to their childs condition(s). Federal and state funded medical assistance program that offers high quality services and treatment to children with chronic illness. The chronically ill child must meed medical eligibility requirements and the child's family must meet financial and other eligibility requirements.
Indiana Perinatal Online Magazine

Contact Information:
Telephone: 800-433-0746

Email:
Jbbrill@aol.com
Web:
http://www.cpdx.com/ipom/
The Indiana Perinatal Online Magazine (IPOM) provides a forum for communication between all constituencies (including private, public, providers and consumers) interested in perinatal healthcare in Indiana.
Marion County Health Department

Contact Information:
Virginia A. Caine, M.D-Health Director

Email:
dharris@hhcorp.org
Web:
http://www.mchd.com/
The Marion County Health Department Web site contains useful information about the programs and services offered by the Marion County Health Department, and their parent agency, the Health and Hospital Corporation. In addition, the Home Page provides easy access to a number of additional links that contain a variety of health-related information.
Listings of health care in Decatur County. Listings include: hospitals, clinics, emergency services, environmental services, doctors, chiropractors, dentists, long term health care, mental health, optometrists, pharmacies, and veterinarians.
Indiana Heart Institute

Contact Information:
8333 Naab Road Suite 330
Indianapolis, Indiana 46260
Toll-free (800) 634-3278
Telephone: (317) 338-6500

Web:
http://www.mdheart.org/
The Indiana Heart Institute is comprised of a partnership between The Care Group, St. Vincent Hospital and Health Services, and Shumacker, Isch, Jolly, Fitzgerald, Fess and Glasser, M.D.'s Inc. The Web site features information on diagnosis, treatments, research and education, a glossary of terms and definitions, a physcians directory, and a list of locations.
Hoosier Healthwise for Children

Contact Information:
1-800-889-9949

Web:
http://www.ai.org/fssa/
HTML/PROGRAMS/HH4C.html

Hoosier Healthwise for Children is a health insurance program offered by the State of Indiana for children birth through age 18. It covers checkups, well-child visits, doctor visits, hospital stays, prescription drugs, vision and dental care and other important health care benefits.


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