WARNER ROBINS, Ga. – Central Georgia Technical College celebrated another addition to their Warner Robins campus on Tuesday Aug. 29.
The ribbon cutting marked the beginning of a safe and reliable place on campus for students. Atrium Health Navicent partnered with the college to bring healthcare to students without needing to leave campus. The college is the first technical college in the state to offer health care services.
The ribbon cutting started with a pledge of allegiance followed by the CGTC President Dr. Ivan Allen saying a few words to attendees.
Allen thanked Atrium Health staff and expressed his excitement at providing this clinic to students, faculty and staff. He also shares he visited the clinic a week before, and it is already helping students receive physical and other medical attention.
“We are so excited to have this partnership. It is another step in being sure that Central Georgia Technical College delivers on this promise to the communities it serves,” said Allen.
Atrium Health Navicent’s President of Hospitals and Clinics Luis Fonseca also spoke to attendees at the event. He said the team dealt with many issues involving technology, equipment and deliveries, but they jumped over every obstacle and opened the clinic just in time. According to Fonseca, the clinic has performed up to 65 physicals in a day.
The clinic will also help students in the healthcare workforce and Fonseca even shares he had to opportunity to visit the college’s Health Science’s Center and was amazed at the program.
“It is our hope that we make it accessible, make care accessible to some of the students. Many times, we know that students are away from home; they’re here on their campus. They have barriers that they have to overcome either transportation, financial or other challenges and we feel that having this clinic here which is intended to provide services for them already included in their student services to ensure that they can stay healthy, they can stay vibrant, they can continue to provide and support the school,” said Fonseca. “This is what it’s all about, we want to make sure we’re making it accessible, reachable and that they don’t have to worry about that because they have many other things to worry about. This is really intended to give them easy access and support.”
The clinic will offer many services including wellness exams, physicals and drug tests, vaccinations, acute and primary care for illnesses and chronic conditions and women’s healthcare.
It will be open each class day during the week and the student wellness semester fee, which was approved by the student body leadership, supports the services. The clinic is outside the G building on the Warner Robins campus, 80 Cohen Walker Drive.
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