Penrose to open Cripple Creek urgent care clinic

Penrose-St. Francis Health Services will open its newest urgent-care facility in Cripple Creek on April 4.

The clinic will provide walk-in services at 1101 Teller County Road 1. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and have an on-site registered nurse and nurse practitioner. X-ray services, physicals, same-day lab results and next-business-day pharmacy services will also be available.

The facility is the latest in a network of urgent care services that include clinics in Woodland Park and Colorado Springs.

Penrose Urgent Care at Cripple Creek will have an open house April 16 from noon to 2 p.m. The first 250 people to visit will receive a free first-aid kit.