Parkland to consolidate Dallas ISD-based health centers into four main clinics

Parkland Wellbeing will consolidate its youth and household centers into four central locations starting off Monday, the public medical center program for Dallas County introduced Wednesday.

The consolidated web pages, all at Dallas ISD colleges, will be open up five times a 7 days, as opposed to the recent centers, which are open up on ordinary a person to a few times a week. Various centers will near Friday, and clients getting care at individuals websites will be transferred to close by clinics.

The transfer was designed to enhance options for DISD college students to receive standard treatment, stated Christina Mintner, Parkland’s senior vice president of populace well being.

“When we were conversing to our staff and our sufferers, there was a have to have for a lot more reliable several hours of operation recognized with our people to truly make a genuine professional medical household,” she explained. “Kids get sick all the time, and we experienced clinics that were open up just one, two or 3 days a 7 days. That definitely was not the most effective for our clients in the local community.”

Parkland’s youth and family centers present checkups, unwell visits and acute treatment, among other expert services. Parkland and DISD have partnered on faculty-based mostly clinics considering that 1994.

The consolidated clinics involve:

• Adamson Youth and Family Center, 201 E. 9th St. in north Oak Cliff
• Balch Springs Youth and Spouse and children Middle, 710 Cheyenne Highway in Dallas
• Reasonable Oaks Youth and Spouse and children Middle, 7502 Reasonable Oaks Ave. in northeast Dallas
• Seagoville Youth and Household Center, 15800 Seagoville Road in Rylie

Clients receiving treatment at closed web pages will be transferred to these clinics:

• The Red Hen Youth and Relatives Centre will transfer to the Purple Fowl Health and fitness Centre, 3560 W. Camp Wisdom Highway, Suite 100, in Dallas.
• Equally the Billy Dade/Eddie Bernice Johnson Youth and Relatives Heart and the Woodrow Youth and Spouse and children Middle will transfer to either the Hatcher Station Wellness Heart, 4600 Scyene Road in South Dallas, or the Jubilee Park Local community Clinic, 820 Ann Ave. in Previous East Dallas.
• The White Rock/Amelia Flores Youth and Loved ones Heart will transfer to the Reasonable Oaks Youth and Relatives Heart, 7502 Honest Oaks Ave. in northeast Dallas.
• The West Dallas Youth and Family Heart at Pinkston High College will transfer to the Adamson Youth and Spouse and children Middle, 201 E. 9th St. in north Oak Cliff.