School-based health center to open in Merced County

MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A ribbon-cutting ceremonial volition beryllium hosted for the Golden Valley Health Center's Ranchero Health Center, the archetypal school-based wellness halfway successful Merced County, officials announced connected Tuesday.

The halfway volition beryllium located adjacent to Joe Stefani Elementary School. Officials accidental the caller wellness halfway volition supply services including pediatrics and household medicine, dental care, and behavioral health. The implicit 4,000 square-foot gathering volition beryllium equipped with six exam rooms, 3 ample dental relation rooms, and a spacious waiting room.

Officials accidental school-based wellness centers are unsocial successful that they supply an important constituent of entree for students, by bringing healthcare, dental care, and counseling straight to wherever students and families already walk overmuch of their time, astatine school.

The ribbon-cutting ceremonial and Children's Health Day solemnisation volition beryllium held connected Aug. 7 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. astatine the Rancheron Clinic, 2752 Ranchero Lane successful Merced. Officials accidental the lawsuit is unfastened to the nationalist and volition diagnostic assemblage resources, a backpack giveaway, prizes, entertainment, snacks, refreshments, and session tours.

The expected unfastened day for the session is Sept. 13. Hours of cognition volition beryllium Monday done Friday from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.