Community Health

Clinic/Hospital
Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center is located in Hallock, Minnesota; with a satellite medical clinic in Karlstad, MN. The main medical campus consists of a fifteen bed hospital, medical clinic, a sixty bed nursing home (with a dedicated memory unit), home health/public health care agency, and assisted living center. Within the campus is also a community fitness center and independent dental clinic. The facility is also home to an ambulance service that serves the community and surrounding communities.
Agency: Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center
Contact: 218.843.3612

Flu Vaccine
Flu vaccine clinics are offered in all Kittson County communities each fall for adults. Medicare Part B and state-funded health plans can be billed at the clinics. Vaccine is also available to other interested community members at a cost of $30. Cost is subject to change.
Agency: Kittson County Public Health
Contact: 218.843.3662

Tuberculosis Screening
Tuberculosis Skin Testing (TST) offered by appointment at a cost of $10.
Agency: Kittson County Public Health
Contact: 218.843.3662

Health Promotion
Improve the health of individuals and communities through education, behavioral change, and environmental improvement.
Agency: Kittson County Public Health
Contact: 218.843.3662

Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP)
The goal of the Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) is to help Minnesotans live longer, healthier lives by preventing the leading causes of chronic disease: tobacco and obesity. SHIP launched as part of Minnesota’s Vision for a Better State of Health, the bipartisan health reform package enacted in 2008. SHIP makes it easier for Minnesotans to choose healthier behaviors by making changes in the places where we live, learn, work, and play.
Agency: Kittson County Public Health
Contact: 218.843.3662

Health Prevention
Provide health prevention services such as free blood pressure checks and free lice checks by appointment.
Agency: Kittson County Public Health
Contact: 218.843.3662

Emergency Preparedness
Prepare to respond to disasters and assist communities in responding to and recovering from disasters.
Agency: Kittson County Public Health
Contact: 218.843.3662

Environmental Health Services
Investigation and follow up regarding reports of public health nuisance in which the health of the public is at risk or in danger.
Agency: Kittson County Public Health
Contact: 218.843.3662

Disease Investigation
Kittson County Public Health investigates contagious diseases/life threatening illnesses and assists with follow-up and treatment under the direction of Minnesota Department of Health epidemiologists.
Agency: Kittson County Public Health
Contact: 218.843.3662