A new medical service, Sonoita Sage Clinic, will host its Grand Opening on Saturday, September 6, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Nurse Practitioner Elaine Hooper saw the need for a clinic to serve the most rural areas of Santa Cruz County and decided to set one up herself. Once she had gathered her staff and selected the location, she mailed out a survey designed to find out what residents needed and wanted in a local medical clinic. Respondents recommended that the clinic combine illness/injury treatment and chronic disease management with wellness and nutrition advice and protocols. Hence, the name, Sonoita Sage Clinic, emerged along with the clinic’s mission: to care for the whole person with sage advice and sound skills.
“We can’t do everything a big clinic can do, obviously, but we can provide basic medical services, along with wellness guidance, in a widespread area whose residents previously did without or drove long distances to a hospital or called EMS at great expense,” Mrs. Hooper commented. “We think the Sonoita Sage Clinic will fill this gap and also be able to improve community health through our wellness workshops.”
The Grand Opening ribbon cutting will be performed by Arizona State Representative Rosanna Gabaldón, who will talk about the importance of immunizing children, particularly in light of our proximity to a porous border, across which numerous diseases are being transmitted, including tuberculosis, chicken pox, measles, and influenza. Representative Gabaldón will be assisted by Arizona State Senator Andrea Dalessandro, who will speak on the health care needs of a predominantly older population in this corner of Santa Cruz County.
Guests will enjoy refreshments by The Happy Cookers and Tia Nita’s Cantina, along with fine wines from Kief-Joshua Vineyards. Live musical entertainment will be provided, along with clinic tours and a drawing for ten copies of the acclaimed reference book Disease Prevention and Treatment, Scientific Protocols that Integrate Mainstream and Alternative Medicine.
Sonoita Sage Clinic is located at 3123 AZ Hwy 83 in Sonoita, next to Sonoita Realty. For more information call 520-415-0330 or view the clinic’s services online at www.sonoitasageclinic.com