After two years of searching for a location to open a health
care clinic in San Juan Bautista, the San Benito County Health
District has signed a lease for space at the Windmill Market
Plaza.
After two years of searching for a location to open a health care clinic in San Juan Bautista, the San Benito County Health District has signed a lease for space at the Windmill Market Plaza.
“There are no health services in San Juan,” said Ken Underwood, an administrator with Hazel Hawkins Hospital. “The city has shown an interest to have us come in to provide them with health care for some time.”
The 1,300-square-foot clinic will be located in the back of the plaza and be staffed by a full-time primary care physician with either a physician’s assistant or a nurse practitioner.
“We have already started to recruit for a family practice physician,” Underwood said. The hospital board approved $150,000 for build-out costs to complete the interior remodel and provide the basic medical equipment needed. Word of the new clinic was a welcomed surprise for many residents of the city in which about half of its population of 1,530 is either children or the elderly.
“This is a great idea,” Irma Cortez said. “People wouldn’t have to drive to Gilroy or Hollister.”
Cortez said if people were pleased with the services, word of mouth would spread about the clinic
