There is clinic health care beginning once again out of the former Mercy Hospital building at 401 Woodland Hills.

Ascension Via Christi Emergency Room continues its needed services to the community in the south facing side of the building.

Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center and Legacy Health Foundation announced  an agreement to secure  office space in the former Mercy building in May 2023. The building was acquired by Legacy Health from the Bourbon County Commission in October 2022.

To view a prior press release:

Legacy Health partners with Southeast Kansas Mental Health to Expand Services

The SEKMHC is working towards a move to the building, with work being done on the site.

“We do not have a move date confirmed yet for SEKMHC employees as work continues on the suites B and C,” Dawne Burchett, SEKMHC Manager of Prevention and Promotion, said. “(The)Ashley Clinic currently sees patients in suite A.”

Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center (SEKMHC) and Ashley Clinic joined in a partnership in May 2023 at the former Mercy building.

Prior to this, Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas leased the site for a clinic from 2019 until this year, when they moved to 2322 S. Main.

To view a prior press release on the new partnership:

Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center and Ashley Clinic Unite

The same services that are currently offered at the SEKMHC State Street location in Fort Scott will be offered at the new site, Burchett said.

SEKMHC is currently hiring in all its locations in this region, to see the list: (www.sekmhc.org/careers)

“Dr. Robinson has been seeing patients in Fort Scott since 2016,” Burchett said. “Starting in August, he will see patients on the first Wednesday and the second Friday of each month.”

“Dr. Yi Ying Law (www.ashleyclinic.com/our-physicians) will start seeing patients this month in Fort Scott,” Burchett said.  “She will be there in the afternoon on the second and fourth Monday of each month. Her contact information is the same, 620-431-2500.”