UCHealth converts ERs in Longmont, Firestone to urgent-care clinics

LONGMONT and FIRESTONE — UCHealth has converted two freestanding emergency rooms in Longmont and Firestone into urgent-care clinics.

The urgent-care clinic at 2101 Main St. in Longmont opened this week and is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week.

The Firestone clinic, which opened last month, is in the Carbon Valley Medical Center campus at 5965 Firestone Blvd., Building B. Clinic hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.

“It is important for patients to have…