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St. Luke's Urgent Care - Chesterfield Now Open

An onsite physician office will open Nov. 30

Chesterfield, Mo., November 3, 2015 - St. Luke's Urgent Care - Chesterfield is now open. The new center is located at 17421 Chesterfield Airport Road, the former site of Villa Farotto restaurant. (Click here for a photo of St. Luke's Urgent Care - Chesterfield .)

St. Luke's Urgent Care - Chesterfield provides patients of all ages prompt treatment for minor medical emergencies from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week on a walk-in basis. Board-certified physicians and nurse practitioners at the center are available to diagnose and treat urgent conditions such as sprains, broken bones, eye injuries, cuts, rashes, burns, cold and flu symptoms and insect and animal bites.

The new urgent care center also offers patients onsite lab and X-ray services, pre-operative testing, sports physicals, workers' compensation care and other corporate health services.

In addition, a physician office is onsite for patients' ongoing primary healthcare needs. Dr. Rachel Dickerson, board-certified in internal medicine and pediatrics, will begin seeing patients of all ages at the new office Nov. 30.

"Chesterfield Valley is one of our community's many gems, with growing families and businesses," said Christine M. Candio, RN, FACHE, St. Luke's Hospital president and chief executive officer. "St. Luke's selected to open its eighth urgent care center and a physician office at this location to provide even more local families and businesses convenient access to high quality primary care services and treatment for minor medical emergencies."

St. Luke's seven other urgent care centers throughout St. Louis and St. Charles counties are located in Creve Coeur, Ellisville, Fenton, Kirkwood, Ladue, O'Fallon and Weldon Spring. St. Luke's Convenient Care inside the Dierbergs Des Peres location provides treatment for minor illnesses and injuries.

St. Luke's opened the St. Louis area's first urgent care center in 1982. Because St. Luke's Urgent Care Centers are hospital-owned, they achieve state and national patient care standards. For more information, visit stlukes-stl.com.

About St. Luke's Hospital:
St. Luke's Hospital is an independent, nonprofit healthcare provider committed to improving the quality of life for its patients and the community. In its nearly 150-year history, St. Luke's has grown from a single hospital location to an advanced network of care. It provides personalized healthcare services in over 60 specialty areas at its 493-bed hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. and offers 25 other locations across the greater St. Louis area, bringing quality healthcare services close to home. St. Luke's is nationally-recognized for quality care and consistently earns high patient satisfaction scores.

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