El Rio Health opens Cherrybell Health Center expects to serve 10,000 new patients

El Rio Health, the city’s largest community health center, celebrated the opening of its 14th clinic on Thursday, and officials are hoping it will provide another 10,000 patients with services.

The new clinic, located at 1230 S. Cherrybell Stravenue, off of East 22nd Street and South Kino Parkway, will serve Ward 5 residents and seeks to absorb patients from two closed El Rio clinics, the Broadway clinic, in the 1100 block of East Broadway, and the Special Immunology Associates, in the 1700 block of West St. Mary’s Road, which treats patients with HIV/AIDS.