Setting the Standard in Urgent Care

A guest blog post.

Life’s little bumps and mishaps are often unavoidable. An unexpected bout of the flu, an injury during a game of football with friends, or an episode of dehydration from spending time in the scorching Florida sun are just a few of the scenarios where you could find yourself needing immediate medical care. 

Thankfully, Watson Clinic’s three walk-in care facilities – Urgent Care Main , Urgent Care South, and XpressCare Highlands  – are open extended hours seven days a week to serve the needs of patients who can’t wait for a regularly scheduled appointment with their physician and want to avoid the high costs and hassles of a traditional emergency room visit. You just walk right in and get the care you need without having to schedule an appointment. 

“This is not the typical urgent care you find throughout the country,” says Jarett Gregory, DO, a board-certified specialist at the Watson Clinic Urgent Care South location.  “Watson Clinic has shown a serious commitment to staying ahead of the curve in providing quickly accessible on-demand services of the highest quality.”

Unlike many other facilities of its kind, Watson Clinic’s walk-in care locations feature a staff of board-certified physicians who are always physically present. These specialists have extensive backgrounds in fields like family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine, and pediatrics. Their efforts are complimented by an extended team of highly trained medical providers. 

On-site laboratories and radiology units are also tremendously beneficial to patients. Testing and imaging can be performed during a single visit, which results in greater convenience, efficiency, and accuracy.

“This is how you do Urgent Care medicine,” Dr. Gregory explains. 

Conditions that can be addressed at each location for patients ages 2 and up include:

• Cold and flu
• ​Sore throats
• Upper respiratory, eye, or skin infections
• Urinary tract infections
• Lacerations
• Earaches
• Minor burns
• Sprains or strains
• Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea
• Allergic reactions
• Animal or insect bites
• Minor sports injuries
• Dehydration
• And much more!

For more information on Watson Clinic’s walk-in care options, visit WatsonClinic.com/WalkIn. 

To learn more from Dr. Gregory, tune in to episode 5 of the Watson Clinic Health Talk Podcast.

Watson Clinic Urgent Care Main
1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd. – West Entrance
Lakeland, FL 33805
Monday – Sunday: 8 am – 6 pm

Watson Clinic Urgent Care South
1033 N. Parkway Frontage Rd.
Lakeland, FL 33803
Monday – Sunday: 8 am – 6 pm

Watson Clinic XpressCare Highlands
2300 E. County Rd. 540A
Lakeland, FL 33813
Monday – Saturday: 8 am – 6 pm
Sunday: 9 am – 3 pm