Beth Israel Lahey Health Urgent Care Formally Opens in Haverhill with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

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State and local officials joined medical staff last week to formally open the new Beth Israel Lahey Health Urgent Care center in Haverhill’s Riverside neighborhood.

Sen. Barry R. Finegold acknowledged the center is opening during one of the most difficult times to provide health care.

“Just because it’s challenging doesn’t mean we don’t keep moving forward. Today is a great example of us moving forward and the more people in Haverhill and the Greater Haverhill area that are going to get access, get great health care, the better that we all do, the better that we all win,” he said.

As WHAV reported in July, the new center associated with Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport opened this summer at Rivers Edge Plaza for the treatment of wide range of non-emergency conditions.

Haverhill Mayor Melinda E. Barrett said she is grateful for Beth Israel Lahey Health’s commitment to the city. “To have this kind of access to immediate care is critical for a city as large as Haverhill, for a population as large as Haverhill’s,” she said

Tom Sands, North Shore market president and president of Anna Jaques, Beverly, Addison Gilbert and BayRidge Hospitals, explained the urgent care center coordinates with Anna Jaques Hospital and “helps better position us to bring the care to the community.”

Director of Operations-Urgent Care Ryan Sadlier said the urgent care operation “represents our commitment to high quality, accessible and timely care for the people of Haverhill.” He thanked staff from Rep. Andy X. Vargas’ and Ryan M. Hamilton’s offices, who presented a House of Representatives citation; Haverhill City Councilors Melissa J. Lewandowski, within whose ward the center is located, and Ralph T. Basiliere; and Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Katie Cook.