Gateway Reporter

Bon Secours recently held a ribbon-cutting for a new, two-story, 8,000-square-foot Community Health Clinic in Manchester. T 

Bon Secours recently held a ribbon-cutting for a new, two-story, 8,000-square-foot Community Health Clinic in Manchester. This clinic will significantly improve access to quality health care for Richmond’s uninsured patient population. 

At the ceremony, Bon Secours leaders, community partners and the Sisters of Bon Secours honored the history of the Bon Secours Care-A-Van, a mobile health clinic which has provided health care to Richmond’s uninsured community for nearly 30 years and served more than 14,000 patients in 2022. The clinic, which is an extension of the Care-A-Van, officially opens its doors to patients on Monday, April 3.

“For nearly three decades, the Care-A-Van has served as a medical home for uninsured patients through partnerships with local churches and nonprofit organizations and we continuously strive to earn and maintain the trust of our patients by providing consistent, quality, compassionate health care,” said Paula Young, MD, medical director of community health access for Bon Secours Richmond and Richmond Community Hospital. “This new location allows us to provide the same compassionate care our patients know and trust, and it allows us to better manage our patients’ chronic diseases in a state-of-the-art clinical setting that is outfitted with the latest medical technology. We look forward to welcoming our established and new patients here in just over a week.”

The Bon Secours Community Health Clinic features eight exam rooms and an on-site lab and provides wrap-around services addressing the social determinants of health to uninsured and underinsured adults and children, including primary and follow-up care, chronic disease management, women’s health services, annual and back-to-school immunizations and behavioral health services. In addition to the patient-facing portion of the clinic, Bon Secours’ community health team will have offices and collaborative space here. These employees perform outreach efforts to help bridge the gap for families in need when it comes to issues like food insecurity, financial assistance, health insurance enrollment and more.

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