April 18, 2022 Walmart Health opens at Branan Field Road location
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MIDDLEBURG – Gusty winds and the threat of severe weather couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm by employees who officially opened Walmart Health and Wellness at the superstore’s Branan Field Road location on April 7.
The one-stop health center is the company’s second in Florida and 22nd nationwide, and it comes to one of the fastest-growing counties in the state. Walmart Health will offer primary care, dental, behavioral counseling, x-rays, labs, hearing and vision services seven days a week.
“Why Florida? This population is growing at a faster clip as any other area,” said Amber Bynum, senior director of operations.
To match the schedules of busy families, Walmart said its health centers will offer care seven days a week – 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday-through-Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday; and telehealth on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“Two years after the launch of Walmart Health, we continue evolving and growing to make health care even more accessible to the communities we serve,” said Dr. David Carmouche, senior vice president of Omnichannel Care Offerings said in a company release.
“With only one primary care doctor per 1,380 Florida residents, these Walmart Health centers will help address the demand for care in three major cities in the Sunshine State, delivering quality health care at the right time in the right setting, right next to where many Floridians get their groceries. We are part of these communities, and we are excited to bring more options for in-person and telehealth care services to our neighbors.”
Florida, with 13 percent growth from 2010 to 2019, was clearly a state in need of more health clinics, he said.
“With only one primary care doctor per 1,380 Florida residents, these Walmart Health centers will help address the demand for care in three major cities in the Sunshine State...,” he said. “We are part of these communities, and we are excited to bring more options for in-person and telehealth care services to our neighbors. We’re making health care available when and where you may need it.”
According to Carmouche, Walmart expanded its health centers to Florida because the state has shown a 13% growth rate from 2010 to 2019 and it has one doctor for every 1,380 residents.
Walmart Health started in Arkansas and expanded to Illinois and Georgia.
The Branan Field Road location is the second in Florida, following the grand opening of a clinic on Collins Road in Jacksonville on April 5. Other locations include Poinciana and Sanford, while a fifth clinic is scheduled to open in Wesley Chapel near Tampa on June 7.