The staff of Southern Dominion Health System, Inc. is dedicated to providing comprehensive, primary health care to individuals and families in need of its services. Care available at Southern Dominion Health System, Inc. includes infant and child care, adolescent medicine, primary gynecology, adult primary care, geriatrics, preventive health care and minor surgery.

    Our medical staff is composed of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants. Each of our Family Practice Providers are Board Certified and continue to remain current through Continuing Medical Education as required by our Board of Directors.

    Our nursing staff is composed of Licensed Practical Nurses, and Certified Medical Assistants, supervised and directed by a Registered Nurse.

    Certified Radiologic Technologists provide radiology examinations at the medical centers with state-of-the-art x-ray equipment, including bone densitometry.

APPOINTMENTS
    Routine and continued health care is provided by appointment only. This is to provide you, our patients, with adequate time with your provider. In order for us to schedule adequate time for you, please inform the receptionist of the nature of your problem and if one or more members of the family will need to be seen when an appointment is scheduled.

    Unexpected and emergency health care problems do arise, and we will make every effort to see you for these problems as soon as possible. Walk-in patients, i.e., those arriving without scheduled appointments, will be "worked in" between our regularly scheduled appointments.

CANCELLATION POLICY
    If you are unable to keep an appointment, please call 24 hours in advance.

BILL OF RIGHTS
    We respect your right to quality focused, cost effective, family based health care and would like to provide you with a patient bill of rights brochure on your next visit.

FEES
    SDHS accepts all insurances. Fees charged by our offices are comparable to other health care providers in our area. Sliding fee discounts are available to eligible patients.

    Payment is expected at time services are rendered unless other arrangements have been made in advance.
 

OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE
   

HOUSE CALLS FOR THE HOMEBOUND:
    House Calls for the Homebound offers comprehensive, non-emergent health care for individuals who are unable to access ambulatory health care.

HEALTHY SCHOOLS/ HEALTHY COMMUNITIES:
    A provider is available in all four Lunenburg County Schools as part of the School Based Health Clinic program. He/She is able to see sick children there as well as well child visits and physicals.

DIABETIC EDUCATION CLASSES
    A diabetes class is held monthly at Lunenburg Medical Center. There are two sessions from 9am until 11am two days a month. Sue Copsetta, RN will be teaching these classes. This service is free to our patients. For more information and class schedules call the Lunenburg Medical Center at (434) 696-2165.

NIGHT, WEEKEND, AND EMERGENCY SERVICE
    Southern Dominion Health System, Inc. provides for a 24 hour comprehensive physician availability should the need arise. When you need to reach us for an emergency or after-hours problem please call the office number and follow the voice mail prompts. The Provider on call will return your call as soon as possible.

    In the event that you may be experiencing a dire, life threatening emergency call 911, local dispatcher, or proceed directly to the emergency room and identify yourself as a patient of Southern Dominion Health System, Inc.
   

Please call Southern Dominion Health System, Inc. at (434) 696-2165 for more details regarding these programs.

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Last modified: 05/07/08