Pleasanton’s Axis Community Health Clinic on Railroad Avenue is especially busy accommodating patients who might otherwise go to the Axis clinic in Livermore. The Livermore clinic, located in the Multi Service Center at 3311 Pacific Avenue, is currently closed to patients as it undergoes expansion, with all medical visits are taking place in Pleasanton, and all WIC (Women, Infants, Children Nutrition Program) clients being served at WIC’s Pleasanton location (1991 Santa Rita Road, Suite H) in the Mission Plaza Shopping Center.
To accommodate the added traffic, the Pleasanton clinic is now open from 9 a.m.-9:00 p.m. weekdays. Saturday clinics are being scheduled as often as possible to relieve the overload.
The expanded Livermore clinic is scheduled to re-open in June. It will handle double its previous patient capacity and will include pediatrics, general medicine and family planning. With the expanded clinic’s nine examination rooms, babies and their families should experience less crowding.
Total cost of the Livermore expansion is put at $578,970. Measure A funds, coupled with money from Livermore, are being used to pay for the project.
Executive Director Henry Uyehara said Axis’ client base has changed. “A large majority of our patients are employed but, since the dot com bust, the number of educated, uninsured patients Axis treats has continued at a rate that wasn’t anticipated.” Uyehara adds that the clinic expansion in Livermore will allow Axis to meet the expanding needs of the Tri-Valley community more quickly and efficiently.
Axis Community Health, a recent recipient of the Pleasanton Weekly’s Holiday Fund, provides medical, mental health, substance abuse counseling and health education services to all residents of the Tri-Valley regardless of ability to pay. For more information, visit www.axishealth.org.
