But the grant will provide support for staff, clinical services, equipment, supplies and other expenses needed to open and operate the facility, which will have 12 exam rooms and provide treatment for a wide array of medical conditions, according to SNCH. Care will be provided on a walk-in basis, with no appointments required. Patients who are found to be in need of further emergency care or hospitalization will be transported to SNCH or the hospital of their choice via on-site ambulance services, the statement said.

Mandel said that SNCH filed an application with the state Health Department on Oct. 16 for a certificate of need to construct the urgent care center at LBMC, and called on Shah to expedite the application.

“We are a city of approximately 35,000 people, situated on a barrier island — access on and off the island is via bridges,” Mandel wrote. “Each and every resident suffers without a functioning care center situated here in Long Beach. An urgent care center … is what the City of Long Beach desperately needs right now.”

Mandel also called on Shah to expedite the reopening a “fully functioning 911 emergency response center” at LBMC, after an urgent care center is opened.

“As we move forward, we are asking that you also expedite the transition to a fully functioning 911 emergency response center to which our ambulances can transport patients outside of the city,” Mandel wrote.

Mandel also sent a letter to Shah in June urging him to approve the reopening of LBMC, after it was learned that the facility could lose its E.R. In September, Mandel told residents that the city council has been advocating for the return of emergency services to the barrier island. The city’s corporation counsel, Corey Klein, said that he was in attendance at a July meeting between LBMC and state officials, to advocate for the hospital on behalf of the city.