Uncommonly known, Dr. Richard Hansen worked as a juvenile prison guard and lived in a group home for juvenile delinquents while in college, building relationships with this younger, in-need group and ultimately leading to a row of fourteen friends at his wedding. This indiscriminate, non-judgmental approach to service has clearly held up in the 25…
Amidst a broad range of experience in healthcare administration, Tom Andrews stumbled across a novel program in 1988. He had begun working at Saint Joseph’s hospital as an office admin and by fate his desk was next to Nancy Paris, the then-president of Mercy Care. She invited him to experience a new service that brought…
I went to Savannah for my family reunion with extra swagger,” said Jimmy Johnson with a smile that showed his new top and bottom dentures. The 65-year-old resident of Stone Mountain is one of dozens of low-income seniors who benefited from a $13,000 dental grant from Piedmont Hospital. Johnson had lost his dentures and couldn’t…
Wayne Broughton, Sr., grew up in New Jersey, one of 18 children. In 2015, he moved to Florida for work that didn’t pan out. So, he enrolled in classes to become a licensed HVAC professional. Things got bad Valentine’s Day 2015. A fight with his girlfriend, who lives in the Atlanta area, left him hurting.…
For Dora Llantop, service is about educating and empowering the patient. Formerly a dietician in Peru, Dora found a passion at Mercy Care in 1997 meeting one-on-one with Latina women to talk nutrition and holistic wellbeing. In her three years as a volunteer, this meant seeking patients out in salons, apartment complexes, and laundromats to…
Mercy Care, a network of 13 fixed and mobile primary care clinics, opened its new 45,000-square-foot facility at 5134 Peachtree Road in Chamblee to the community on April 18. The clinic accepts Medicare, Medicaid and all other major insurance plans and offers sliding fee discounts based on income for self-pay patients. Mercy Care Chamblee features…
