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Old 05-20-2022, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Rzepecki View Post
On 466a, just west of Buena Vista called Ocala Health ER now known as HCA ER. They have the best care around. If your problem is serious enough for hospitalization, you are taken to HCA/Ocala Health Hospital or HCA/West Marion Hospital. They apologize if you have to wait 20 minutes to be seen. They have doctors and machines on-site that are necessary for diagnosis and treatment. I wouldn’t go anywhere else.
But HCA ER is an emergency room, not an Urgent Care facility, and charges accordingly. If a problem is minor it doesn't warrant full ER care.

However, In order to avoid sitting in the Villages Hospital ER for hours, I did go to the Ocala ER once near Del Webb on 441 and was transported from there to Ocala Regional Hospital, straight from the ER to a hospital room bed. Very impressed. That was before the ER on 466a opened.

We used to use Lake Regional Urgent Care at Lake Sumter Landing because of having a doctor there, Dr. Aich. But the facility suffered from lack of upkeep and new urgent care offices opened nearby.