EVERETT — After years of planning, construction is set to begin here early next month on Seattle Children’s new $25 million clinic.
The 35,000-square-foot outpatient clinic will be built at 1815 13th St. on the campus of Providence Regional Medical Center Everett.
It’s scheduled to open in August of next year, offering urgent care and 15 pediatric medical specialty services.
Kids can be treated for eye conditions and diseases and tested for hearing problems.
A rehabilitation program will help children who have had brain trauma, head injuries or physical injuries that limit their ability to participate in the activities of daily life, said Dr. Sandy Melzer, executive vice president of networks and population health at Seattle Children’s.
Other services will include neurology, sports medicine, cardiology, dermatology and screening for developmental delays.
A child wellness program will help kids between the ages of 2 and 11 make lifestyle changes to reduce their risk of obesity and the health problems it can cause. “It’s very cool, innovative, and will make a real difference in the community,” Melzer said.
The new clinic is expected to see up to 15,000 patient visits in the first year, a number that could grow to about 25,000 specialty visits by 2021.
Children’s now has two clinics in Snohomish County, one at 900 Pacific Ave. in Everett and the other at 12800 19th Ave. SE in Mill Creek. Both will close when the new Everett clinic opens.
Kathleen McClanahan, of Mill Creek, has been taking two of her children to those clinics for years. Both daughter, Cassy, 16, and son, Zachery, 18, are being treated for type 1 diabetes.
Children’s two current satellite clinics “are a complete time saver,” she said. A trip to Children’s main campus in Seattle can be an all-day event.
“It will be really nice to have all the other specialties in one place and not have to remember whether we’re in Everett or Mill Creek for an appointment,” she said.
The new clinic will be similar to Children’s clinics in Bellevue and Federal Way.
Work has begun on the property, which is being leased from the hospital.
A large underground vault 90 feet long, 60 feet wide and 7 feet tall is being installed to store stormwater from the site.
Clinic construction is scheduled to begin May 8. The city’s noise ordinance limits allows construction from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekends.
Soil will be moved from the site in covered trucks and the ground will be sprinkled to reduce dust, said Evan Koch, a Children’s spokesman.
Children’s presence on the Everett hospital campus dates back to 1998. In addition to its clinic on the hospital’s Pacific Campus, Providence’s infant intensive care unit, also on the Pacific Campus, is operated in partnership with Children’s.
Sharon Salyer: 425-339-3486; salyer@heraldnet.com.
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