Parents opt for urgent care clinic over ER

Doctors at an urgent care center for children in Norwalk say they are seeing more patients recently. The Center for Advanced Pediatrics new Urgi-Kids clinic offers care for patients with non-life-threatening

News 12 Staff

Mar 22, 2009, 10:48 PM

Updated 5,745 days ago

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Doctors at an urgent care center for children in Norwalk say they are seeing more patients recently.
The Center for Advanced Pediatrics new Urgi-Kids clinic offers care for patients with non-life-threatening medical issues. Local families say the urgent care clinics are a much better value than taking their children to the emergency room for minor illnesses.
The urgent care clinics charge a normal co-payment for most appointments. Parents say during rough financial times, it is imperative they save money on medical bills for their children.
Doctors at the Urgi-Kids clinic say they have seen at least 100 children on the weekends in the recent weeks and expect the numbers to increase.