DANVILLE - Geisinger Careworks Urgent Care, a partnership between Careworks Convenient Healthcare and Geisinger Health System, will open an urgent care clinic in September.
The facility at 604 Continental Blvd, Suite 100, will be staffed from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. seven days a week.
Seven employees will treat acute illnesses and minor injuries, helping patients avoid unnecessary emergency room visits.
"The Geisinger Careworks Urgent Care clinic in Danville is the first clinic of its kind in the area that will provide a convenient patient experience for anyone in the community," said Ken Berndt, CEO, Careworks.
Geisinger Careworks Urgent Care in Danville will mark the first urgent care clinic in Montour County to be affiliated with Geisinger. In Luzerne County, Geisinger operates urgent care clinics at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre's Adult and Pediatric Urgent Care and Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center.
Urgent care clinics treat minor health problems such as allergies, asthma, burns, colds, cuts, fevers and sprains. These facilities offer patients very short wait times while simultaneously relieving some of the patient volume in area emergency rooms. Like the Geisinger clinics before it, patients visiting Geisinger Careworks Urgent Care in Danville will have access to services including immunizations, labs, X-rays, EKG and IV therapy.