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A 1,812-square-foot Methodist minor medical clinic opened Dec. 1. A 2,532-square-foof Le Bonheur urgent care center is slatedf toopen Dec. 15. Methodist put the clinics in the same buildingb as its diagnostic imagingy center at1801 Union. The spaces were once occupies by the Steve Cohen for Congres s headquarters anda franchise. Methodist has invester $500,000 in the clinics. The entire building is ownedx by BelzInvestco GP. The propertyg was appraised at $1.4 millionn this year by the Shelby Countg Assessorof Property. The clinics are opened from 5-11 p.m. on weekdayse and noon-9 p.m. on weekends.
The operating hoursd are designed to attractthe “after work, night says Sara Hodge, a business development specialistf for Methodist. “There are so many residenta Downtown and in Midtown thathave Methodist-onlyh insurance and they have to go Le Bonheur’as ER or to the Methodist Universitg ER,” Hodge says of patients seeking quicko treatment of minor problemsd like a sore throatt or a burned for example. While these problems don’t alwayss merit a trip to the emergency department, many of them can’ t wait for a scheduled trip to a primargycare physician. Minor medical clinics bridge the gap. presideng Craig A.
Becker says he’s seen these clinics crop up all over the especially inmetropolitan areas. “Part of it is a responses to a misuse ofemergency rooms,” Beckedr says. “The problem is there hasn’t been enough access to primaruy careout there.” Methodist’s adulyt clinic will be staffed with Methodist doctorz and nurses. The children’se urgent care clinic will have Le Bonheur emergenctydepartment doctors. The minor medical facilitt will be the fourth such set of clinics for The system’s Olive Branch location opened in May. It also has similafr facilities at Hacks Cross and Winchestert and on Germantown Roadin Cordova.