Children's Urgent Care Is Coming to Bel Air

BEL AIR, MD — A new pediatric urgent care facility will open in the coming months in Bel Air. The clinic will be located at Tollgate Marketplace.

Children's Urgent Care will be in a 3,500-square-foot space next to TGI Fridays.

Currently, the area is under construction.

The clinic will treat issues typically covered by urgent care facilities. Testing for strep, mono and flu will be conducted. X-ray services will be offered on-site, and some blood work will be done in house as well.

"Our staff is trained specifically to work with pediatric populations," Katie Prevas, director of marketing for Children's Urgent Care, told Patch Tuesday. "Catering to children specifically, we understand their anxieties and can alleviate them as best as possible."

While those under 18 are the focus, "in the off chance a mom would want to be seen," Prevas said she could be treated too.

Initially, Prevas said there will be a staff of about five, including a health care provider, medical assistant, x-ray tech and front desk personnel.

Children's Urgent Care in Bel Air will be the "only one of its kind," Prevas said, and the company is "looking to open more." It's a division of Expresscare Urgent Care and Life Bridge Health.

The company chose to launch its first pediatric urgent care clinic in Bel Air and the Tollgate Marketplace location because it's a "busy area with lot of children, school and moms groups," Prevas said.

Children's Urgent Care will accept all major insurance providers and operate on sliding scale for those who are not insured, according to Prevas.

She said the center plans to open in late March or early April and will operate from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Children's Urgent Care will be at 615 Bel Air Rd, Suite Y, Bel Air, MD 21014.