Mercy Care, a charity clinic in downtown Atlanta, serves 60 to 80 homeless, uninsured and low-income patients on a typical weekday. When the Wellstar facility closes Nov. 1, the clinic expects to see more than 100, a spokesperson told the radio station.
Mercy Care runs on federal and state funding and donations, according to the radio station.
“[The closure is] disappointing. It was definitely a needed resource in the community. There’s not a lot of places for folks to go for an emergency care,” the spokesperson said.
“This is going to be a big challenge for the community.”
Atlanta Medical Center shuttered its emergency department Oct. 14. The City Council is expected to continue discussing the site’s future development at a meeting Oct. 17.
