 Construction of a new Ascension Health Clinic in Pine River will begin in the summer of 2017. The land for the new clinic is located on Barclay Avenue to the west of Highway 371 between Pine River State Bank and the Post Office. With the new clinic, Ascension Health hopes to meet their patient's needs by bringing more services closer to home. Cardiology, general surgery, psychiatry, and also urology specialists currently visit the clinic and brain it a few times a month but the larger clinic will allow for more specialists and the expansion of family medicine. I think whenever whenever you're able to bring the care closer to patients in their community it makes it more accessible, makes it easier for them to access those services and ultimately allows them to get any of the care they need when they need to. Construction for the new clinic is expected to take about 10 months as of now. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.