This month marks one year since the opening of the Virtua Pride Primary Care Center in Marlton, Burlington County. Since then, doctors there have treated almost 600 patients in 16,000 office visits. Services available to the LGBTQ community were highlighted at an open house Wednesday.
The facility aims to create an inclusive and safe environment for members of the LGBTQ community and to increase patients’ access to specialists who have experience working with the LGBTQ community.
Jake Semple, practice manager, said, “A lot of times patients in our community are afraid to seek care. … They’re forced to kind of educate their providers about their specific needs. So if they have a practice like this, we really already understand what the patient is going through, how to best serve them. It just gives patients in our community a safe space to come and receive the care that they would like to receive.”
