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Riverbank East Hospital has opened its expanded Infusion Center, growing from ten to twenty-two treatment bays and adding Saturday hours for the first time. The new bays face the hospital's east garden, and each seats a companion — a detail requested by the center's own patient advisory council.

“Nobody should have to plan their life around a drive downtown for treatment they receive every week,” said the center's nursing director. “Doubling east-side capacity means most of our patients are now fifteen minutes from their infusion chair.”

The expansion was funded in part by the Riverbank Health Foundation's Cancer Care Fund. Patients can ask their oncology team about transferring infusion visits to East at their next appointment — no new referral is needed, because both centers work from the same medical record.

Riverbank Health has opened an orthopedic walk-in clinic inside its Cedar Landing location, staffed by the same sports-medicine team that sees patients at the Medical Center. The clinic treats sprains, strains, and suspected simple fractures without an appointment, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

“Most orthopedic injuries don't need an emergency department — they need an X-ray, a splint, and a plan the same day,” said Dr. Omar Haddad, who led the clinic's design. “Now that visit costs a clinic copay instead of an ER bill.”

Patients with a visibly deformed limb, an open fracture, or an injury with numbness should still go directly to the emergency department. For everything else, the walk-in clinic offers on-site X-ray, casting and splinting, and direct booking into physical therapy — usually within the same week.