Martin Memorial Emergency Center at St. Lucie West Ready to Open on Sept. 1

The Martin Memorial Emergency Center at St. Lucie West is ready to begin seeing patients on Sept. 1 at 8 a.m.

The Emergency Center at St. Lucie West is an off-site emergency department that will meet the critical medical services shortage currently facing western St. Lucie County by providing access to timely emergency care. The center is located at 1095 N.W. St. Lucie West Blvd. in Port St. Lucie.

The emergency center will be open seven days a week, 24 hours a day, but will not provide inpatient beds. It will be staffed and equipped to handle many of the same emergencies a hospital would, though patients with more severe injuries or ailments will be taken to appropriate facilities. Patients requiring inpatient admission will be transported by ambulance to a hospital.