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New option for Friendship campus. Howes said some of her have followed her to the new office Friendship residents and patients inside the Friendship North complex. the local community > Joe Hoff is President and CEO for Friendship Hundreds of residents living at the Friendship Retirement Community now have another choice when it comes to seeing a primary care physician - and its right on campus. Friendship cut the ribbon in late January at its Hershberger Road site and the office of Dr. Erin Howes. “We’re just trying to bring it all together as a one-stop shop, “ said Howes, “they have the pharmacy here, physical therapy, some services here, all of these things are available for the resident.” The new Physicians Clinic is also available to local community members not living on the
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Living: “our Hershberger campus has 50 acres here. Nine independent living buildings, skilled and long-term care all on campus, assisted living, a little bit of everything. This [on-site doctor’s office] will play into our overall ability to provide the continuity of care that we want to provide to our residents.” Hoff also noted that local Walgreen's and CVS outlets had been administering the COVID vaccine to hundreds of residents recently; some at the Friendship South long term rehab facility were already getting ready for the second vaccine shot needed.
