Neighbors Emergency Center McAllen, TX Location to Open Saturday

PEARLAND, Texas, April 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Neighbors Emergency Center McAllen, TX location will start seeing patients Saturday, April 9. The center is located at 6700 N. 10^th St., McAllen, TX 78504. McAllen is a city nestled in a region of South Texas known as the "The Rio Grande Valley."

The McAllen emergency center is the third Neighbors Emergency Center in the South Texas region and represents one of many new locations to open this year in Texas.

Chief Medical Officer Paul Alleyne, MD said, "We are proud to serve the McAllen community.  Neighbors' focus is to make lives better for patients by providing them with a more personalized 24-hour emergency care experience while offering the same level of access and services as a hospital-based emergency room."

Neighbors Health System, the parent company of Neighbors Emergency Center, was named the 4^th fastest growing company in 2015 by the Houston Business Journal's ‪‎Fast 100 companies, along with being named the HBJ's #3 Best Place to Work for 2015. Neighbors Emergency Center freestanding emergency rooms have also been awarded "The Best ER" in Baytown, TX and Pearland, TX along with the Houston Chronicle's Top Workplaces #1 midsize company for 2015.

About Neighbors Emergency Center:

Neighbors Health System operates Neighbors Emergency Center, a series of 24-hour freestanding emergency centers that have seen exponential growth in Texas since 2009. Neighbors Emergency Center believes in providing extraordinary care that is dedicated to making lives better every day, with an unfaltering vision to be The Best Neighbors Ever. This means providing unparalleled medical care driven by compassion, respect, and dedication and a focus on our patients, our culture, and the community.

Neighbors' 20+ locations service many communities, including Houston, Austin, El Paso, Beaumont, and the Permian Basin, with plans for centers in areas that include Texarkana and Colorado in 2016.

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SOURCE Neighbors Emergency Center