Three health care clinics opened in the Portland area on Monday as part of an affiliation between Providence Health & Services and Walgreens.
The clinics, operated by Providence, are located in Walgreens stores in Milwaukie, Beaverton and Vancouver. Three other Providence clinics also opened in Seattle-area Walgreens stores, with up to 19 others planned in the two states.
The chain has more than 400 in-store clinics across the country, but this is the first time the company has partnered with the Catholic hospital system.
That has prompted 19 civil rights groups to write to the company expressing their concern.
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