If it?s not a life-threatening situation, waiting 20 minutes at an urgent care center might be a better alternative to an average four-plus hour wait in the emergency room.

Patient First, a primary and urgent care center with five offices in the Baltimore Region, is expanding to the Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore as part of an effort to help relieve overcrowding in the state?s emergency departments.

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