LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- UofL Health has opened a new Urgent Care Plus center in a west Louisville neighborhood that badly needs health care resources.
The facility at 27th Street and Virginia Avenue in the Parkland neighborhood provides urgent care of minor injuries and illnesses, as well as routine exams and preventative care.
"If you get a broken arm, you come here and get an x-ray," said Dr. Tamea Evans, the center's primary care physician. "You don't have to go across town."
Evans said the clinic represents more than just new exam rooms, labs and x-ray machines. She hopes it will help improve the neighborhood's economic health as well.
"If you bring goods and services, more goods and services come," she said. This is one that we needed definitely in this neighborhood."
The building underwent more than $500,000 in renovations, and it will increase access to affordable care in a federally designated Medically Underserved Area.
Congressman John Yarmuth said the facility is a step toward correcting past discrimination.
"I'm so proud of UofL health and the university for taking the initiative to actually confront this glaring lack in our community," he said.
Most of the clinic's staff live in Parkland.
"I grew up around the corner by Algonquin Park," Clinic Manager Stephanie Williams-Rankin said, adding that she's excited to provide this kind of service in the neighborhood where she grew up.
"It means quality care from employees who care about the neighborhood, who care about our community. Because we know these people. We know the things that are needed here."
UofL Health is looking for a location to open a second west Louisville Urgent Care Plus center near the Portland neighborhood.
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