Jackson Health System celebrated the grand opening of a new urgent care center, the fourth one in a network of urgent care centers announced under the $1.5 billion Jackson Miracle Building Program. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 25. Opening remarks were presnted by: Carlos A. Migoya, President & CEO, Jackson Health System, Joe Arriola, President, Public Health Trust and Dr. Henri Ford, Dean and Chief Academic Officer, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine UHealth Jackson Urgent Care staff. After the ribbon cutting, at 12:30pm the facility was re-opened to patients.
The 3,645 square-foot urgent care center located at 7400 NW 104th Ave, opens every day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The center is strategically located in a neighborhood that previously lacked access to the existing Jackson network of hospitals.
Jackson’s urgent care centers cater to patients with a variety of urgent medical needs, such as ailments like the flu or common cold, fever, vomiting, earaches, simple bone fractures, rashes and minor allergic reactions; diagnostic tests such as echocardiograms and digital x-rays; and lab tests such as blood glucose, urinalysis, and strep throat cultures. Sports physicals and flu vaccinations are also available.
More information on the centers is available at JacksonUrgentCare.com.
