A satellite clinic is opening at the DeKalb County Health Department on Annie Glidden Road north of Dresser Road. Transportation is available via the VAC bus. Access to health care is a very big issue and has a lot of impact on health outcomes. If the care is not accessible, people aren't going to get it. Lux said the health department's new offices offer space previously unavailable.
People can feel good coming here.
Walk-ins are welcome. More days will be added if needed, which is likely given the clinic's history. A Well Child Clinic established in 1995 is held at the Ogle County Health Department during immunization clinic hours, and a walk-in clinic serving a primarily Hispanic population with no health insurance was opened at this site in 1998. Nearly 10,000 different people of all ages have sought treatment at the bilingual clinic since it opened in 1994. Eighty-four percent are underinsured or have no insurance at all, and an amazing 70 percent have no previous relationship with a primary care provider.