Erlanger set to add urgent care

Erlanger Medical Center will open its eighth walk-in medical clinic this fall in Ooltewah.

The newest Erlanger Express Care office is scheduled to open November at 5953 Elementary Way, just off Lee Highway in Ooltewah, and will offer care seven days a week for non-life threatening illnesses, injuries and other health care needs from cuts and colds to fractures, breaks and sprains.

Developed in partnership with Noon Development, the Ooltewah-Collegedale Express Care unit is part of an 8,152-square-foot medical complex that will also include an office leased to Southeastern Spine.

Bob Elliott, president of Noon Development, declined to disclose the investment in the new medical offices. But Elliott said “we are committed to bringing Class A medical space to the region and we’re pleased to work directly with these tenants to be sure this space is built to meet their needs.”

In Hamilton County, Erlanger already operates similar urgent care facilities at Erlanger East Hospital, in the downtown Chattanooga Lifestyle Center on Market Street, in Soddy-Daisy, and most recently in Hixson. Outside of Hamilton County, the hospital operates Erlanger Express Care centers in Hayesville, North Carolina, Ringgold, Georgia, and Cleveland, Tennessee.

“Erlanger’s eighth Express Care facility will offer the Ooltewah and Collegedale communities more access to Erlanger’s healthcare services closer to home,” Erlanger President Dr. Will Jackson said Wednesday in an announcement of the new facility. “These urgent care facilities throughout the region aim to improve continuity of care for current and new Erlanger patients, and this location will help accomplish this effort.”