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health centre

British

noun

(in Britain) premises, owned by a local authority, providing health care for the local community and usually housing a group practice, nursing staff, a child-health clinic, X-ray facilities, etc

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The four other vaccination centres are at the sports centre at the University of Kent in Canterbury, the Kent and Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury, Faversham Health Centre and Vicarage Lane Clinic in Ashford.

From BBC

A new vaccination centre will open at Faversham Health Centre on Friday as part of the expansion, with jabs available to those eligible from 09:00.

From BBC

At a busy health centre in Shanghai, Yan Sulian, an energetic 65-year-old volunteer, helped older patients with electronic registration.

From Barron's

The Limoges University Hospital, which wants to open a women's health centre dedicated to victims of domestic violence, with a total budget of 2.5 million euros, hopes to borrow one million from the public.

From Barron's

At Kalaban Coro Health Centre, medics are even struggling to show up for their shifts.

From BBC

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