The grassroots effort to fights for healthcare in Albert Lea began years ago after Mayo Clinic made a big announcement to move certain services to Austin.
And now, Albert Lea is home to the first MercyOne clinic in the state of Minnesota.
The Albert Lea family medicine and specialty care clinic. The new MercyOne clinic location is owned by ALHC and leased to MercyOne to provide patient care including a primary care clinic, visiting specialists, lab, and radiology. We built something here that could act as a guideline for other communities that are going to be facing the same type of situation that affected Albert Lea, said Brad Arends, President, Albert Lea Healthcare Coalition.
The clinic is open Monday through Friday and is located at the Northbridge Mall.
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(ABC 6 News) - MercyOne s first clinic in Minnesota is opening Monday. It ll be for Albert Lea Family Medicine and Specialty Care.
The community came out in full force to get a chance to see what this new clinic looks like. It s an answer to a lot of people praying for it to happen, I know that for sure. We re just so grateful, Sharon Seidel, an Albert Lea resident said.
Albert Lea residents now have a brand new MercyOne Clinic to call their own, and the community came out to get a chance to see this clinic.
Six hundred people came for tours Saturday.