After more than three decades of serving residents, the Soddy-Daisy branch of the Hamilton County Health Department will close its doors Monday to be replaced by a mobile health unit that officials said will improve access and flexibility.
The mobile unit will be outfitted with the same services as the physical one, but staffing will vary based on the services offered each day. It will begin rotating through a schedule of rural community locations beginning Wednesday, according to the department’s online events calendar.
The transition was a difficult and joint decision, interim Health Department Administrator Sonia Calvin said in a written statement, but the move followed a nearly 80% drop in patients since 2019, according to a department-provided fact sheet.
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