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CAMILLUS - Not quite two years after opening its first location, Drakos Urgent Care will open its third urgent-care center later this year in Camillus.
Parent company Drakos Clinical Dynamics first opened its pediatric urgent care in the town of Clay in May 2023, followed by a general urgent-care center in Cicero earlier this year.
The company's explosive growth isn't surprising, according to Drakos CEO Heather Drake Bianchi. 'There's a huge shortage in accessibility," she says.
That includes a lack of enough primary care doctors and a shortage in hospital capacity. Urgent-care centers help bridge that gap.
Before founding Drakos, Drake Bianchi was part of CineMedics, a set medical support company serving the entertainment industry. During the pandemic, CineMedics provided on-set medical support on movie sets around the country and the world.
When the pandemic ended, after years of sleeping in hotel rooms, Drake Bianchi and others in the business were ready to head...