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Community
Immediate
Care
Center
Dedicated and Opens Its Doors To
Patients
The
new Community Immediate Care Center
(CICC) was shown to members of the
community by the Board of Trustees
of Granville Medical Center (GMC)
and the staff of the CICC during a
community leaders’ reception on May
6, 2004 and a dedication and open
house on May 8, 2004. Over 400
people attended the events.
Guest speaker at the
Dedication was The Honorable Brad
Miller, member of the United States
House of Representatives, who
represents the 13th
Congressional District. In his
opening address, Miller had the
crowd laughing when he opened his
speech with advice he had received
about mentioning townships: If
he mentioned one, he better mention
them all. Rep. Miller hailed
the Center as a “real milestone for
this part of
Granville
County;
it will deliver the day-to-day care
people need.”
Likewise, Dr.
James J. Gooch,
Chairman of GMC’s Board of Trustees,
spoke about the need for a facility
in southern
Granville
County.
“This facility is just a symbol to
the citizens of
Granville
County,
and it will address the needs of the
people of the community,” Gooch
said. “A survey we conducted
showed overwhelming support for a
health care facility in the southern
part of the county, and the South
Granville Medical Center (SGMC) is
built right where the people wanted
it.”
Their enthusiasm was echoed by
Hubert Gooch, Jr., Chairman of the
Granville County Board of
Commissioners; Granville County
Commissioner Ron Alligood; Stem
Mayor Jack Day; Creedmoor Mayor
Darryl Moss; and Butner Council
member John Wimbush, all of whom
attended the ceremonies.
During the program, Rep. James W.
Crawford, Jr., President of the
Board of Directors for the Granville
Medical Center Foundation, presented
a symbolic check for $5,571 to Dr.
James J. Gooch,
Chairman of GMC’s Board of Trustees.
“Although this check is small,”
Crawford stated, “I’m sure there
will be many more to come.”
According
to
Tom Lane,
Vice-Chairman of GMC’s Board of
Trustees, those checks will probably
be needed. “We believe that
the future of the County is bright
and that the population in the
southern part of
Granville
County
will continue its rapid growth.
GMC and SGMC are committed to being
a part of meeting the healthcare
needs of the people in this
community. The new facility is
designed to accommodate an
increasing population, with a
physical layout that can easily be
expanded at a later date.”
The
Community
Immediate
Care
Center
at SGMC started seeing patients on
May 10. During that first day, the
Center saw nine patients, many of
whom verbally expressed their
pleasure about being able to come to
the Center without an appointment.
“I was delighted that the
Community
Immediate
Care
Center
was open to take care of my son
without an appointment,” said
Margaret Skoufis, whose son Joseph
was the first patient of the day.
“I was on vacation from N.Y.
visiting my sister, Mary Jane
DeNuzzia of Butner and did not have
a local physician. It was nice
to have a quality facility right in
the neighborhood to treat my son’s
illness.”
Doug High, son of second
patient Louise Honeycutt, affirmed
Skoufis’ sentiments. “When my
mother felt ill and her primary
physician was unavailable,” he
stated, “we decided to come to the
Center so my mother could be seen
quickly. I’m glad we now have
a medical facility close to our
home.” Honeycutt, who lives in
Creedmoor, said she previously had
to drive about 12 miles to receive
medical care.
South
Granville
Medical
Center,
which is owned and operated by
Granville
Medical
Center,
is at
1614 NC Highway
56 about a mile east of Interstate
85, between Butner and Creedmoor.
It has five exam rooms and a
procedure room on one side for the
CICC and another five exam rooms and
a procedure room on the other side
for the South Granville Specialty
Clinic, which will be opening soon.
The
CICC provides physician medical care
on a walk-in basis; no appointment
is needed. It is open
Monday-Friday from
9 a.m.
to
7 p.m.,
Saturday from
10 a.m.
to
2 p.m.,
and Sunday from
1 p.m.
to
5 p.m.
to treat stomach viruses, sprains
and breaks, cuts, colds, allergies
and asthma, and other medical
conditions. The CICC will
accept most insurance plans.
It has in-house radiology and
laboratory services, and will also
provide services for companies, such
as disability and work physicals,
workers compensation cases,
occupational medicine, and drug
screening. Dr. William Grant,
Medical Director at the CICC and Dr.
Essie Lee,
the second physician providing care
at the CICC, are both Board
Certified in Family Practice.
Another occupant at SGMC is
Best Care Pharmacy. The
pharmacy, which is owned by
Gary Bowman,
Aaron Wright and Dwight Ayscue, who
also operate Professional Pharmacy
in
Oxford,
will open on May 17. “Best
Care Pharmacy will offer a complete
prescription service, a full line of
over-the-counter medications, and
home medical and respiratory
equipment,” said Bowman.
“We will be open Monday through
Friday from
9:00 a.m.
to
6:00 p.m.
and on Saturday from
9:00 a.m.
to
1:00 p.m.”
After patients see the doctor, they
can just go across the lobby to pick
up their medicines.
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Community Immediate Care Center Helps Employers Boost
Productivity
Occupational
Health Services are aimed at
preventing costly on-the-job
injuries. Each year,
job-related injuries cost
American workers hundreds of
thousands of hours of lost
time. They also eat away at
the productivity of
employers and deprive
companies of valuable
experience.
In Granville County and surrounding counties, the
Community Immediate Care
Center is partnering with
businesses to combat this
persistent problem through a
battery of occupational
health services.
“Our experience is that the best way to fight workplace
injuries is to prevent
them,” says William H.
Grant, M. D., who serves as
Medical Director at the
Center. “And the best way to
accomplish that is through
education. You might
describe our work in this
area as ‘stay-on-the-job
training.’”
As a provider of occupational health services, the
Community Immediate Care
Center partners with more
than 85 area employers to
provide injury care and
other non-injury services
which include DOT physicals,
drug and alcohol testing,
and physical therapy. In
many cases, Center personnel
are able to provide training
at the worksite, where they
can observe the working
environment and job
processes and spot potential
problems.
“We want healthcare providers to regard us as a
comprehensive source for
addressing workplace
injuries and illnesses,” Dr.
Grant says.
The Community Immediate Care Center works with
organizations of all sizes
and business types notes
Cristina Blalock, Director
of the facility. “Our goal
is to provide our patients
with excellent medical care,
in addition to keeping the
employer informed of the
prognosis of the case.
Communication with our
clients is paramount. “We
want to get the injured
worker back to full duty as
soon as possible,” Blalock
states.
Besides providing medical treatment, the Center provides
education and training, as
well as a range of
rehabilitative therapies and
work hardening services in
the event that injuries
occur.
In addition to providing Occupational Health services,
the Community Immediate Care
Center provides services to
the public on a walk-in
basis seven days a week.
Founded in 2004, the Center
cares for citizens in the
community who have medical
conditions such as asthma,
allergies, and cuts
requiring stitches, sprains,
broken bones, colds and flu.
The facility has X-ray and
lab services, and provides
on-site rehabilitation
services five days a week.
Work, school and disability
physicals are also provided.
The Center is located at 1614 NC Highway 56 in Creedmoor,
conveniently accessible to
Vance, Granville, Franklin
and Durham Counties. It is
easily reached from
Interstate 85, just 7/10ths
of a mile off exit 191.
For more information about the services available at the
Community immediate Care
Center, contact Cristina
Blalock at 919-528-7171 or
by E-Mail:
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