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Officials of
HealthFirst Family Care Center
broke ground at the future site of its new and
expanded facility at 387 Quarry Street on December 8, 2010. Begun as a Model
Cities project in 1971 to address the need for affordable health care
in the neighborhoods surrounding the Center's County Street location, the
facility has grown and expanded services while remaining in its original
former laundry location. HealthFirst secured an $11.5 million grant from
the ARRA Facility Investment
Program to refurbish the Quarry Street property, formerly owned by
Quaker Manufacturing, only a quarter of a mile from its present location.
Completion of the work is expected in December 2011 and will include an
increase from 13 to 26 medical exam rooms and an increase in dental
operatories from five to nine. The total healthcare space will increase
from the current 10,000 square feet to close to 40,000. Specialty services
will be provided onsite by Saint Anne's Hospital, Southcoast Hospitals
Group, National Physical Therapy, and Standard Pharmacy. Click
here for the Herald News story. Click
here for photos of the original facility announcement. For more
information services offered by HealthFirst, call Paula Harrison at
774-627-1204.
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(Top row, left)
Center CEO Julie Almond thanks all of those who have had a role in securing
financing and developing plans for the new facilities as Craig Jesiolowski,
president of Saint Anne’s Hospital
listens. (Top row, center) Southcoast
Hospital System's Vice-
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