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When faced with an emergency, knowing where to go for the right care can make all the difference. Through modern health care, patients now have a wide range of services available to them, from urgent cares for non-life-threatening conditions to emergency departments for more serious illnesses and injuries. Understanding the differences between your options can help you make informed decisions about where to go to get the best and timeliest care possible. Urgent Care An urgent care is often defined by pr...

Eaton County residents can look forward to significant expansion in local health care services with the upcoming opening of McLaren’s new freestanding emergency department (FSED) and ambulatory care center in Grand Ledge. The new facility, located on the corner of Nixon Road and E. Saginaw Highway, officially broke ground in June 2024, and is scheduled to open to patients this fall. The FSED will be open 24/7 with onsite board-certified emergency medicine physicians and highly trained medical staff read...

This month, several community members, board members, physicians, and staff were invited to Hard Hat Tours, giving them first glimpse at the new Grand Ledge location and seeing the progress up close. While the exterior has taken shape with brick work completed and asphalt newly poured, participants toured the interior space as well going through each section to get an idea of the layout and services that will be available this fall. This includes: An emergency department equipped with two behavior healt...

McLaren Grand Ledge: May 2025 Update The McLaren Grand Ledge ambulatory care center continues to make progress with the exterior taking shape with brickwork and preparing for curb pouring and asphalt paving. Sidewalks have also been poured. Check out our most recent drone video showing the recent progression of the exterior. Your browser does not support the video tag.

A sensory room is in development at the new McLaren Grand Ledge Freestanding Emergency Department and Ambulatory Care Center, slated to open later this year. The sensory room, funded by the generosity of Levi’s Link and the McLaren Greater Lansing Foundation , will be designed to provide a soothing and calming environment, free of visual and auditory stimulation that could affect people’s nerves and anxiety when in a medical setting. In 2024, McLaren Port Huron opened a similar sensory bay in which this...

Your browser does not support the video tag. McLaren Grand Ledge: March 2025 Update The weather is beginning to turn over to spring just in time for our building to receive a facelift outside with brickwork starting this week. Meanwhile, a lot has progressed in the interior of the building: Wall framing in the emergency department area is currently being worked on Drywall will be following the completion of framing The concrete flooring is now completed Wall layout of the entire building is 100% complet...

Your browser does not support the video tag. McLaren Grand Ledge: January 2025 Update Construction on the new ambulatory care center and freestanding emergency department continues to progress, even through the cold temperatures and falling snow. Here are a few of the milestones accomplished during this month: Prefabrication wall panels began being placed in mid-January The roof decking is completed along the entire building Plans to install temporary enclosures for doors and windows will begin shortly ...

“You never know the power of the words ‘My name is Lisa, and I’ll be your nurse today.’” Lisa Zajac, now the Director of Clinical Informatics for McLaren Health Care had earlier in her career served as a bedside nurse on the bone marrow transplant unit at Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, which at the time cared for pediatric patients. It was there she first met the Jackson family. Nearly 23 years later, the bond created at their first meeting was strengthened through the immediate emotional journey...

There has been a lot of progress over the past few months since we officially broke ground on the McLaren Grand Ledge ambulatory care center and freestanding emergency department in September of 2024. Here are a few of the many milestones, bringing us closer to opening day in late 2025: Installing underground utilities Foot and foundation construction Structural steel construction began the week of December 16. You can view the live progress through our construction cam here.

With the development of the Grand Ledge Emergency Department and ambulatory care campus underway in Delta Township, McLaren Greater Lansing is expanding its ability to provide extraordinary care to our community. To support the new project, the McLaren Greater Lansing Foundation recently established the Grand Ledge Community Health Fund. The fund will help bolster the development of the new freestanding ED and medical facility through major financial gifts from community leaders. Local business leaders ...