Lexington Medical Center’s community medical center in Gilbert to close
August 25, 2017
Lexington Medical Center’s community medical center in Gilbert will close permanently on Friday, September 1, 2017 and a new Lexington Medical Center physician practice will open in its place later this fall.
After September 1, patients who have used the community medical center in Gilbert and have outpatient or urgent care needs can visit LexMed.com for a list of Lexington Medical Center community medical centers and their hours of operation. The facilities closest to Gilbert are Lexington Medical Center Lexington at 811 West Main Street in Lexington and Lexington Medical Center Batesburg-Leesville at 338 East Columbia Avenue in Leesville.
Dr. Marcia Taylor from the Gilbert office will join Batesburg-Leesville Family Medicine on September 5. To make an appointment with Dr. Taylor, call the practice at (803) 332 – 4300.
Later this fall, Lexington Family Practice Gilbert will open at the existing location in Gilbert. The board-certified family medicine physicians and highly skilled providers there will offer comprehensive care there for patients of all ages, from children to grandparents.
Patients who would like to establish care with the physicians who will be joining Lexington Family Practice Gilbert should call (803) 926 – 6820 to schedule an appointment. Because of Lexington Medical Center’s electronic health record system, medical information will be available at any of Lexington Medical Center’s locations and will require no action from patients to transfer records.
Lexington Medical Center thanks community members for the opportunity to provide urgent care and outpatient services, and looks forward to serving families at Lexington Family Practice Gilbert in the future.
About Lexington Medical Center
Lexington Medical Center is a 428-bed hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It anchors a health care network that includes six community medical centers and employs a staff of more than 6,500 health care professionals. The network also has cardiovascular and oncology care affiliated with Duke Health, an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer’s care center and more than 65 physician practices. Lexington Medical Center operates one of the busiest Emergency departments in South Carolina, treating nearly 85,000 patients each year. The hospital delivers more than 3,500 babies each year and performs more than 23,000 surgeries. Lexington Medical Center is currently undergoing the largest hospital expansion in South Carolina history by creating a new patient tower that will open in 2019. Lexington Medical Center has a reputation for the highest quality care. For more information, visit LexMed.com.
