St. Bernard Hospital Opens Walk-in Clinic

St. Bernard Hospital
Published: January 13, 2016

St. Bernard Hospital opened The Walk-in Clinic on January 5, 2016. The Clinic, located in the Hospital at 326 West 64th Street in Chicago, offers patients non-emergent medical care on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. There are plans to extend the hours and days of The Clinic when it migrants to the Ambulatory Care Center that is under construction at the corner of 63rd Street and Stewart Ave. The Ambulatory Care Center is expected to open in mid-June of this year and will serve as the home of The Walk-in Clinic, but also the Women's Wellness Clinic, the Orthopedic and Physical Therapy Clinic, and the hopsital's new MRI Center.

“The Walk-in Clinic provides easy access to medical care for people who cannot afford to take time off work to see a physician,” says Yolanda Penny, director, nursing services. “Appointments are not necessary.” Services are available for the entire family, and include school, sports and employment physicals, childhood immunizations from mumps to chickenpox, flu shots and treatment for allergies, colds, diabetes, high blood pressure and other common ailments.

St. Bernard’s Community Health Needs Assessment (2012), identified the need for walk-in services as important to the communities served by the hospital. The Clinic is expected to reduce trips to the emergency room. In 2013, St. Bernard Hospital received the highest number of Chicago Fire Department Emergency Medical Service runs citywide. St. Bernard’s emergency department serves over 45,000 patients annually, and the demand for emergency services continues to rise. “There’s a tremendous need for non-emergent care in our community,” says Penny.

Patients can expect a wide-range of services at The Clinic, as well as access to St. Bernard’s many specialist practices such as Women’s Wellness, the Dental Center, Orthopedics and state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging. For more information on The Walk-in Clinic, please visit www.STBH.org or call (773) 896-2577.

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