Pediatric Urgent Care Clinic Business Plan
I. BUSINESS/EXECUTIVE SUMMARY With long waits at the emergency room, pediatric urgent care centers have become an alternative to after-hours care for children. It takes great patience, and a big caring and compassionate heart to take care of sick or ill patients. It takes a greater patience to take care of greatly ill or sick children after the hours of your normal pediatrician hours. This is a growing need and urgent request to fulfill as there are not many pediatric urgent care facilities in place at this time. Urgent Care is designed to complement your primary care pediatrician by providing services when your doctors' offices’ are typically closed. Pediatric Urgent Care Clinic is designed for treatment of illnesses and injuries for which your child would normally receive care at his or her pediatrician’s office such as ear infections, sore/strep throat, cold/flu-like symptoms, minor cuts, scraps, burns, rashes, sprains, etc. We will offer "after hours" service as a convenience to you instead of emergency room care. If your child's illness or injury requires emergency care, then we will direct you to the nearest emergency room (UMHC, nd). The Pediatric Urgent Care Clinic of Martinsville, is intended to
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