URGENT CARE
Urgent care centers Urgent Care Centers are revolutionising medical care around the world. Now in Bermuda, too! rgent care centers are among the fastest-growing areas of medical care in the United States and the United Kingdom. Sometimes described as walk-in clinics or convenient care clinics, they are fully equipped medical facilities that focus on patient care for illnesses and injuries requiring immediate attention – almost everything with the exception of serious situations that require an ambulance to transport a patient to a traditional emergency department. A major factor in the growth of these FHQWHUV LV WKH VLJQLƶFDQW PRQHWDU\ VDYLQJV when compared with a visit to a hospital
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emergency department. Another important factor is that urgent care centers also respond to a public need for convenient medical care without requiring an appointment. For a small island, Bermuda is fortunate to now have its own brand-new, state-of-the art urgent care center: HMC Urgent Care and Medical Imaging. HMC Urgent Care and Medical Imaging LV VWDƵHG E\ D WHDP RI KLJKO\ WUDLQHG H[SHUW medical professionals, led by renowned local Doctor J.J. Soares. Its aim is to treat patients with compassion, kindness, and courtesy and get them up and about and
on their way as soon as possible. “What we have at the HMC Urgent Care is equal to and, in many respects, even H[FHHGV ZKDW \RXšOO ƶQG DW WKH .(0+ DQG WKH ƶQHVW XUJHQW FDUH FHQWHUV LQ WKH 86 Ť explains Dr. Soares. “We have the most advanced imaging services on the island, including x-ray, ultrasound, mammography, bone density, cardiological, and CAT scan testing – and the island’s only truly open MRI scanner. “Claustrophobic patients, larger patients, and patients who may be anxious or FRQIXVHG ZLOO ƶQG RXU 05, SDUWLFXODUO\ HDV\ to use – even somewhat relaxing – as they can be comforted and reassured by a loved one right at their side throughout the entire process, which is not possible with a 9
