Grady Health System held a ribbon-cutting Tuesday for its second outpatient center south of I-20, continuing its efforts to keep up with increasing demand for health care services in the area, particularly since Atlanta Medical Center closed nearly two years ago.
The newest health care center is a 16,000-square-foot building in the Lee + White mixed-use development in Atlanta’s West End. The center will offer primary and specialty care, including geriatric, orthopedic, HIV, mammography and behavioral health. It will also have an on-site pharmacy, X-ray equipment and a lab.
Grady now has eight neighborhood centers in metro Atlanta, including this newest addition and a similar outpatient clinic that opened on Cascade Road last year.
The new centers will help meet the health care needs of the community closer to their homes and fill the “health desert in central and south Fulton” left when Wellstar’s Atlanta Medical Center closed in 2022, according to Fulton County Chairman Robb Pitts. “This is a lifeline” for people in the area, he said, and the center will be close to MARTA and the Atlanta Beltline, making it an accessible and affordable choice.