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New community health center opens in Newport News

The Southeastern Virginia Health System opened a new location in Newport News on Monday, June 3 (WYDaily/ Courtesy of the Southeastern Virginia Health System)
The Southeastern Virginia Health System opened a new location in Newport News on Monday, June 3 (WYDaily/ Courtesy of the Southeastern Virginia Health System)

NEWPORT NEWS — The Southeastern Virginia Health System opened another location in the city: Warwick Physicians. The new community health center offers family practice and pediatrics services.

It opened June 3.

“We accept everybody,” said Shelby Williams, spokeswoman for the nonprofit organization. “Nobody is left behind.”

Warwick Physicians is the organization’s 14th site in the Hampton Roads area and uses federal grants from the Health Resources Services Administration to fund the community health centers.

“We opened the site because there is a great need for services and health care in this area,” Williams said, adding the organization wanted to bridge the gap and connect the Denbigh area with the downtown area of the city.

The new location accepts most insurance providers and offers services such as health care for the homeless, a pharmacy assistance program, which provides free or reduced priced medication for those who can’t afford it, the Ryan White program, a national program geared toward people with HIV and AIDS, and case management services.

Williams said the center provides a sliding fee program and accepts people who are insured, uninsured or underinsured.

Warwick Physicians, 9294 Warwick Blvd., is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information about the Southeastern Virginia Health Services or to donate, visit their website or call 757-223-7001

Julia Marsigliano
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Julia Marsigliano is a multimedia reporter for WYDaily. She covers everything on the Peninsula from local government and law enforcement agencies to family-run businesses and weather updates. Before WYDaily, she covered Hampton and Newport News for WYDaily’s sister publication, HNNDaily before both publications merged in December 2018. Julia was born in Tokyo, Japan and moved to Long Island, New York in 2001. A true New Yorker, she loves pizza, bagels and good Chinese food. Send comments, tips and other tidbits to julia@localvoicemedia.com. You can follow her on Twitter at @jmarsigliano

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