Pit River Health Services, Inc.

36977 Park Avenue Burney, CA 96013

916-335-5090 (voice)

916-335-5241 (fax)

1-800-843-7447

 

WELCOME TO PIT RIVER HEALTH SERVICE!

Pit River Health Service is directed by a five member Board of Directors, elected by Pit River Tribal members. It provides services to clients residing within the mountainous and heavily forested Tribal ancestral Boundaries; including portions of Shasta, Siskiyou, Modoc and Lassen counties.

The Pit River Tribe of California's Rancherias in the operating area are as follows:

  • Montgomery Creek Rancheria
  • Roaring Creek Rancheria
  • Burney
  • Lookout Rancheria
  • XL Ranch Rancheria
  • Likely Rancheria
  • Big Bend Rancheria

SITES

The main site, Burney Indian Health Clinic, in Burney, CA offers full time health care in many fields. As a service to the community the Shasta County W.I.C. Program is also located at the site in Burney. A satellite office, the XL Ranch Reservation Clinic, is located in Alturas, CA (Modoc County) providing referral and outreach services. The principal referral facility is Mercy Medical Center Hospital in Redding, CA which approximately miles from the main clinic site. This facility offers general medicine with 169 medical/surgical, 14 ICU, 14 CCU, 19 Pedriatrics, 29 Perinatal, 5 Acute/Respiratory and 6 ICCN beds.

SERVICES

Medicine - Quality medical care, including: family practice, pediatrics, obstetrics and general health & medicine. Twice a month podiatry services are offered.
Service providers: 1 physician, 1 family nurse practitioner, 1 podiatrist

Dental - Quality dental care.
Service providers: 1 dentist, 1 dental hygientist, and RDA's.

Behavioral Services Service providers: 1 LCSW, 1 certified substance abuse counselor, assisted by a Youth Activities Coordinator and a Family Service Worker

Outreach - Home health services, confidential free AIDS testing and counseling
Service providers: 1 Public Health Nurse, 3 CHR's

Transportation & Environmental Health - Available upon request.

 

Program Service Area

Population Based on 1990 US Census

Registered Indian Patients

Active Indian Patients FY 1994

PIT RIVER HEALTH SERVICE

 

597

 

1,002

 

725

(Source: Indian Health Service, California Area Office 1994/95 Profile)

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