AMHERST, Ohio — University Hospitals has opened a new urgent care in Amherst as part of the hospital system's goal to bring health care closer to where patients live. 

The urgent care on 900 N. Leavitt Road is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week, with special hours on holidays.

Services include x-ray, lab, EKG, medication dispensing and more. The new facility brings up University Hospitals' urgent care locatiosn to 23 locations.

“Our UH Urgent Care delivery model aims to provide the most convenient and valuable care for our patients,” said UH Chief Operating Officer Dr. Paul Hinchey in a press release. “Having easy access to urgent care locations provide a more affordable option than emergency departments for patients who don’t have a primary care physician but need immediate, non-life-threating medical attention. By offering more urgent care locations, we can relieve the burden on emergency departments and reduce wait times so our emergency medicine teams can focus on critical cases.”