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Lancaster County healthcare center temporarily closed after sprinkler system malfunction

The Union Community Care Center on S. Kinzer Avenue in New Holland suffered severe water damage due to the Dec. 26 malfunction.
Credit: Union Community Care

NEW HOLLAND, Pa. — A Lancaster County health center is temporarily closed due to heavy water damage brought on by a malfunction with the building's sprinkler and HVAC system.

Union Community Care's New Holland facility, located at 435 South Kinzer Avenue, suffered the water damage on Dec. 26, 2022.

An assessment of the damage determined the building's medical and dental spaces are inoperable and are closed for patient care until the damage can be repaired, the health center said.

Union Community Care patients are being contacted to reschedule at another location in Lancaster, Lebanon, or Denver, or for a telehealth appointment.  

“Our health center was significantly damaged and will require extensive repairs,” said Alisa Jones, Union Community Care President & CEO. “The closure of the site creates serious barriers to healthcare for our New Holland patients. It is our privilege to serve the New Holland community, and we are working tirelessly to make sure the community continues to have a trusted health home with open doors. As we do so, we ask for your support while we work with WellSpan Health to restore our medical and dental spaces in a way that allows us to accessibly and safely care for the New Holland community.”  

Union Community Care hopes to reopen dental care at their existing New Holland Health Center in the next two or three weeks, the health center said. They are currently working through a short-term plan to reopen medical care at a separate location in New Holland. 

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