Ramona Health Center Opens Next Week; Urgent Care Slated For April

The long-awaited ambulatory care center for Ramona has been completed, but officials say urgent care services won't begin for another three weeks.

Palomar Health announced last week that it "has made good on its promise" to build an ambulatory care center that will serve Ramonans and surrounding communities.

“This new medical center expands services for people who live in Ramona, Julian, Santa Ysabel and nearby communities,” said Arch Health Partners Medical Director Scott Flinn, M.D.

The $6 million Ramona Ambulatory Care Center and the 7,600-square-foot outpatient clinic was built with funds from Proposition BB, according to Palomar Health.

The center is scheduled to open March 18.

“We’re very excited to be expanding services in North County and to be honoring our commitment to residents of Ramona by building a state-of-the-art facility in their community that can grow with the needs of the area in the future,” stated Palomar Health CEO & President Michael H. Covert.

Arch Health Partners, Palomar Health’s physician partner who already have an office in Ramona, will be moving across the street from their current space and be the exclusive tenant of the new building, which sits behind Starbucks and near the Ramona Library at 211 13th Street.

“The most exciting thing about this project is that it was developed and built in response to the needs of the Ramona and surrounding mountain communities,” Arch Health Partners Executive Director Victoria Lister, F.A.C.H.E. stated. “We were very fortunate to have Ramona community members involved with the design of the building and make certain it fit the landscape on Main Street.”

Palomar Health said the new office will be home to Drs. Ellen Blando, Charles Hardison, Janine Kasch, Christine Lind, Gordon Luan and Robert Zgliniec.

Physician office hours will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The center will offer radiology services, allowing Ramona residents to stay in town instead of driving “down the hill” for an X-ray.

Other services provided by the new Ramona Ambulatory Care Center include:

• primary-care services
• point-of-care lab testing
• urgent care services

The Urgent Care Center is scheduled to open April 1. Initially, its hours will be 3 to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.

An open house celebration for area residents is scheduled for April 13.

The new Ramona Ambulatory Care Center was designed by Mascari Warner Architects of San Diego, built by C.W. Driver and is co-owned by Palomar Health and Pacific Medical Buildings.

For more information about the Ramona clinic, call 760-789-5160 or visit www.ArchHealth.org.