Good Samaritan Hospital, St. Vincent de Paul celebrate new partnership to assist homeless and indigent population of Baker Street area [Video]

BAKERSFIELED, Calif. (KGET) — Unhoused and low-income Bakersfield residents welcomed a new advocate to their Baker Street neighborhood on Saturday – Good Samaritan Hospital.

The locally owned health care organization announced a partnership with Saint Vincent de Paul, which has been helping the homeless and disadvantaged from its campus at 316 Baker, just south of East Truxtun Avenue, for 70 years.

With the help of a couple of elected officials, Good Samaritan, which specializes in detox, psychiatric, and medical-surgical services, snipped the ribbon on its new Day Habilitation Center – a one-stop shop for comprehensive services including mail, veterinary, laundry, nutrition, hygiene, housing, and health care. A new, well-equipped mobile medical unit will help Good Samaritan serve the public.

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The Center will also provide substance use disorder counseling and case management in collaboration with the Premier Valley Medical Group and its Integrated Street Medicine and Addiction Recovery Team.

Oscar Zubiran, the operations manager …