A rendering of a planned Doctors Express on Gunbarrel Road.PLANNED SITES
• 1511 Gunbarrel Road, Chattanooga• 5239 Highway 153, Chattanooga• 170 Mouse Creek Road, Cleveland, Tenn.
Larry Kugler, left, and Jack Fromm are two of the partners in the group bringing Doctors Express to Chattanooga and Cleveland, Tenn.A group of Cleveland, Tenn., businesspeople plans to open three urgent care centers in the region, saying the units will both upgrade patient health care and lower costs.
The Doctors Express sites are slated to open in Hixson, East Brainerd and in Cleveland, said Larry Kugler, one of the group’s principals.
“We’ll make people feel welcome and important, and equip [the facilities] with the most modern medical equipment,” said Kugler, who added that his group is to invest nearly $4 million in the three facilities.
Kugler said plans are to have a physician at each site when the centers are open rather than for patients to see a physician’s assistant or nurse practitioner.