Florence’s Ruiz Foods Opens On-site Health Care Center

Employees and family members of Ruiz Foods in Florence will have a much easier time taking care of their health care needs beginning this week.

Officials with the frozen foods manufacturing plant Thursday joined with Florence and state officials to hold a ribbon-cutting celebration for the plant’s new on-site health care center. The clinic will officially opened its doors to the plant’s 1,200 employees and their family members Monday.

“We couldn’t be more excited,” Kim Ruiz Beck, chairwoman of the Ruiz Foods board of directors and daughter of the co-founder of the company, Fred Ruiz. “We will be able to provide on-site health care for our team members and their families here in Florence. We just want our team members to know we are here to help them stay healthy, keep their families healthy, and help them prioritize their time with their loved ones.”

The 2-000 square-foot center will provide insured employees and covered family members with primary and acute care. It will also have a pharmacy to provide certain medications. She said there will be no co-pays or costs for services.

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