Mercy Care expands to three locations in Atlanta's Westside

Let's move forward here and talk about some health care options expanding in West Atlanta. So Mercy Care is expanding its service in that area by opening three new locations. And our Maria Guzman joins us live now to talk about this. Maria, this is going to be a huge or make a huge impact, I believe, on that area. it is and it's already just having a huge impact because it's open and patients are going in and getting the care they need and specifically right now i'm at the clinic at Heritage Village earlier today we were at the dental clinic but we've gone ahead and moved to this location as well so i'm going to go ahead and fit my camera to introduce you guys to Dr. Rick and get a more who is with Mercy Care and Dr. Here in this clinic, primary care is just one of the services, but what other services are you guys also providing here? Here at this clinic, we offer primary care, as you said. We also offer psychiatry as well as behavioral health. Gotcha. Here in the west side of the city, what are some of the big disparities, gaps you guys are often seeing? Yeah, so many of the patients that we serve suffer from several barriers, including financial insecurity, food insecurity, housing, just general access to care. We will see anybody. You don't need to be insured. We want to minimize the barriers to entry to any of our services. How big of a lifeline does this service... This new expansion just play in this area and serve the people here. Well, you know, one big barrier is access to care, and the more that we can spread out and get into areas that don't have access, the better, and that's part of our mission. You know, when you talk to the people, the patients, or are seeing the impact, do you see just a sense of relief knowing that they can come here, receive the care they need, no matter just where they are? I mean, I think that I do have one little anecdote. I had a patient come see me the other day and he had several issues and And at the end, he said, Doc, I'm sorry for taking so much of your time because, you know, I'm not paying for this. And I, you know, and I told him that's why we're here. And so it's really a terrific place to work because of that. Yeah. And then for anyone who is watching, perhaps they live around this area in the west side, around Fulton County. Where can they go to learn more if they want to come here and receive help in this clinic? So all of our clinics take walk-ins. And so you can just, you know, walk into any of our four sites that offer primary care and behavioral health. We have larger sites that they can just walk in. They can also call and schedule an appointment at 678-843-8600. I'm going to And we want to be as available as we can. Who are you guys often serving? Is it kids? go ahead and Is it families? Is it a mix of both? So at our Chamblee site, we have pediatrics as well as adults. get started At this location, we also often have conceived pediatrics. At the other sites, it's adults. in just a few Okay, awesome. Well, thank you so much. So again, this is just one of three new sites expansions minutes. here in the west side of the city. So I'm going to go ahead and send things back to you. All right, Maria, sounds good. Glad to see that the residents there in West Atlanta have these new resources when it comes to health care. So we'll check in with you a little bit later this afternoon.