Gateway Family Health Clinic Recruiting New Doctors
Sandstone, MN – January 26, 2021 – Dr. Kathryn Dobbs joins Gateway Family Health Clinic on March 1, 2021. Dr. Dobbs will be accepting new patients and obstetric patients at Sandstone, Hinckley, and Moose Lake clinics. She will also deliver babies at the Moose Lake hospital.
“We are very excited to have Dr. Dobbs join Gateway Clinic,” states Eric Nielsen, Administrator of Gateway Family Health Clinic. “She will be a great addition at all three clinic locations, and in particular provide more access for obstetric patients in Sandstone and Hinckley, where there is a community need for more maternity care. We are proud that Gateway can better meet the needs of our community.”
This fall Dr. Blake Chapman will be joining Gateway Clinic. He too is a family medicine physician that will be doing obstetrics. With these two new physicians they are now fully staffed.
“The national demand for family medicine physicians far outpaces the supply, particularly in rural communities,” states Fran Levings, chair of the Health Care Needs Committee. “The fact that Gateway Clinic can attract two new physicians speaks to the high quality of their clinic and the the appeal of our community.”
About North Pine Area Hospital District
The North Pine Area Hospital District is a Minnesota political subdivision whose purpose is to ensure that area residents have access to high quality health care. Hospital Districts have taxing authority to acquire, improve and run hospital and nursing home facilities. The North Pine Area Hospital District built the Pine Healthcare Campus, which opened in May 2017. The Hospital District contracts and leases space for hospital services with Essentia Health. The clinic services are provided by Gateway Family Health Clinic and the pharmacy is by Thrifty White Pharmacy. The Hospital District is governed by a Board of Directors composed of 19 appointed/elected individuals for four-year terms. For more information about the Hospital District and the Pine Healthcare Campus, go to www.PineHospitalDistrict.com
