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Mercy Hospital of Bakersfield Truxtun Campus 2215 Truxtun Ave., 632-5000, www.mercybakersfield.org. A 142-bed acute care hospital with 20 overflow beds. Includes a Level II Base-Station emergency department, comprehensive surgical,...

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital: 420 34th St., 327-4647, www.bakersfieldmemorial.org. A 307-bed, tertiary acute care hospital offering a full range of services including cardiac, vascular, neurological/neurosurgical, orthopedic and...

Stockdale Learning Center 1701 Westwind Drive, Suite 104, Bakersfield, 326-8084, www.stockdalelearningcenter.net. State-certified Educational Therapy clinic, learning disability specialist, testing for dyslexia and ADD, legal...

Optimal Hospice Foundation:  1315 Boughton Dr., Bakersfield, 716-8000. Nonprofit ensuring access to quality hospice care regardless of ability to pay. Provides camp for children 8 to 18 who have lost an immediate family member.

Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired: 1124 Baker St., Bakersfield, 322-5234, www.cbvi.org. Offers support groups and classes in independent living skills, recreational programs and mobility training.

Women, Infants and Children (WIC) 327-3074, 866-327-3074. Community Action Partnership of Kern provides temporary nutritional assistance and counseling for women, infants and children who are nutritionally at risk.

Alzheimer’s Disease Association of Kern County: 5500 Olive Drive, Building 1, Bakersfield, 393-8871, www.adakc.org. Memory care, adult day care, crisis counseling, support groups, early-stage Alzheimer’s support program,...

Kern County Department of Public Health This is the local government agency responsible for community public health services, including family planning, childhood immunizations, California Health and Disability Prevention well-child...

Kern Medical Center: 1830 Flower St., 326-2000, www.kernmedicalcenter.com. Satellite clinic: Sagebrush Medical Plaza, 1111 Columbus St., 326-6500. A 222-bed, acute care county teaching and research hospital affiliated with medical...

The Kern County Department of Public Health conducts immunization clinics regularly throughout the county. Immunizations are available for $13 each or a maximum of $40 per family visit for people 18 years of age and younger....

  We’ve all heard about the childhood obesity epidemic, the amount of overweight adults in America, but what have you heard about those parents who are obsessive calorie counters and compulsive about their exercise...

Stroller Strides is a total fitness program for new moms that they can do with their babies. It includes Power Walking and intervals of body toning using exercise tubing and the stroller....

With 86 confirmed human cases of West Nile Virus in California so far this summer, including 5 deaths, all Kern County residents should be on alert when it comes to mosquitoes. As carriers of the potentially life-threatening virus, these...

Planned Parenthood has been a provider of reproductive and educational health services in Bakersfield since 1985.  Their Health Center at 2535 16 Street sees more than 100 Kern County residents each day for birth control, STD...

North of the River Recreation and Park District Provides transportation, home-delivered meals, homemaker and recreation programs for seniors. Information available from Rasmussen Senior Center, 115 E. Roberts Lane, 392-2030,...