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Combating maternal and infant death rates, Clínica Médicos will open a new women and children’s center

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Dr. Kelly Rodney Arnold, right, speaks Oct 8, 2024, during the grand opening of Clínica Sonrisas and Clínica Renuevo, a pediatric dentist, orthodontics and mental health facility for Chattanooga's Spanish-speaking community. During her speech, Rodney Arnold announced that renovation is underway for a new facility: Centro para Mujeres y la Familia, addressing the needs of women and children.
Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Dr. Kelly Rodney Arnold, right, speaks Oct 8, 2024, during the grand opening of Clínica Sonrisas and Clínica Renuevo, a pediatric dentist, orthodontics and mental health facility for Chattanooga's Spanish-speaking community. During her speech, Rodney Arnold announced that renovation is underway for a new facility: Centro para Mujeres y la Familia, addressing the needs of women and children. Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Dr. Kelly Rodney Arnold, right, speaks Oct 8, 2024, during the grand opening of Clínica Sonrisas and Clínica Renuevo, a pediatric dentist, orthodontics and mental health facility for Chattanooga's Spanish-speaking community. During her speech, Rodney Arnold announced that renovation is underway for a new facility: Centro para Mujeres y la Familia, addressing the needs of women and children.

The Clínica Médicos Project will expand once again with an upcoming center for women and children, set for a tentative summer 2025 opening at 1148 E. 23rd St.

Dr. Kelly Rodney Arnold, the medical director for Clínica Médicos, said Centro para Mujeres y la Familia will resemble the Clínica Médicos initial site, which will still operate as a space for 24/7 walk-in and urgent needs.

“We want to have a fluid working space that connects all of our teams, as a family taking care of families,” she said.

Rodney Arnold added in a phone interview that the center’s establishment is a deliberate call toward addressing the health care crisis amid maternity morbidity and mortality across the U.S. and in Tennessee, and for uninsured women living in poverty.

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