The largest outpatient provider in Nevada and Sierra Counties has expanded hours and staff, to meet ever-growing medical needs. The Chief Medical Officer for Western Sierra Medical Clinic, Doctor Christina Lasich, says their Urgent Care clinic in Grass Valley is now open an additional two hours per weekday, or from 8am to 7pm, instead of until 5pm…

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Lasich says they also hope to be open on Saturdays very soon. Meanwhile, she says Doctor Joseph Britton, well known for almost three decades at the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Emergency Department, has joined Western Sierra…

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And in June, Physician Assistant Eric Olson will be full-time with Western Sierra. Lasich says more people are now also coming in for preventive care and less urgent medical needs, as the pandemic’s crisis mode has subsided. Western Sierra’s Grass Valley and Auburn facilities also have ongoing coronavirus vaccination clinics, including on Saturdays.