New OSF Urgo opens next week in Normal

Posted on December 10, 2019
OSF Urgo currently has a location at 211 Greenbriar Drive in Normal. (Photo OSF HealthCare)

 

By Neil Doyle

NORMAL – A second OSF Urgo will be opening in the Twin-Cities.

The new location will open Dec. 17 at 1730 Bradford Lane in north Normal. OSF Urgo currently has a location at Veterans Parkway and Greenbriar Drive that opened last December.

The new urgent care clinic will be available to anyone, regardless of whether they are an OSF HealthCare patient, according to a news release.

OSF said the new location will offer easy access to Illinois State University, Heartland Community College and Lincoln College students, faculty and staff.

OSF Urgo is open from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. every day, 365 days a year including holidays such as Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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