By the Southcentral Foundation

​Southcentral Foundation's (SCF) Nuka System of Care is an innovative health care model that prioritizes whole-person wellness. This approach recognizes that mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness are just as important as physical wellness and provides services to address all of a customer-owner's health needs.

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​When I first stepped foot in the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center a year ago, I didn’t speak an ounce of medical Spanish. Sure, I had spent several years abroad, becoming proficient in the language, but terms like “blister,” “wort,” “bladder,” and “heartburn” eluded me. My medical vocabulary was abysmal, and as a result, I relied on an interpreter to communicate with the clinic’s predominantly Spanish-speaking patients.