Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System will close its clinic in Adams, Minn., the community's only provider, according to the Post Bulletin.
Scott Holtz, MD, is the clinic's sole physician. He will relocate to the system's Rochester campus, while the clinic's three part-time nurses and three part-time registration staffers will transfer to the clinic in nearby Austin, a Mayo spokesperson told Becker's.
Dr. Holtz's wife, Carol Holtz, MD, currently works at the system's Austin campus but will transfer to Rochester with her husband. The clinic's closure means area residents will have to go to the Austin campus for care.
"It's disappointing that Mayo is choosing to do this to all the small communities who relied on those centers for their people, but that's big business," said Mower County commissioner Polly Glynn, according to the Post Bulletin.
The closure comes as Mayo consolidates services between its Albert Lea and Austin campuses, a move that has drawn criticism from many local activists.\
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