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Facilities offer day care options for children with minor illnesses
For working parents missing a few days at the job because of a sick child may not be an option. Cronkite News reporter June Bulnes tells us of a new service here in the valley that could help those parents.
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Sick child day care offers solution for East Valley Parents
A sick child can mean a dilemma for parents. Do they send the child to school? Do they call in sick to work themselves? Tess Rafols found a place that offers a solution for parents in the East Valley. It’s called Pro-Kids Get Well Childcare Center, and it’s exactly what it sounds like – day care for sick kids.
Read more: AZFamily.com
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Daycare for Sick Children Sees High Demand
It’s a dilemma for a lot of parents. Your child gets sick, he can’t go to school, and daycare won’t accept sick children. So a parent has to take time off work to care for their sick child — but there is another option. “So many parents will call up, they’ll wake up in the morning and their son will have a fever or earache or a bellyache or something, and they’ll call up and see if we have space available and they can just bring them on down,” says Dr. Eric Hampton.
Read more: MyFoxPhoenix.com
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CBS 5 Morning Show. “MOMsters” segment with Anchor/Reporter Nicole Crites.
Dr. Eric Hampton, founder & medical director of Arizona Prohealth was invited to appear on the CBS 5 Morning Show in Phoenix to talk about Sick Child Day Care. Dr. Hampton discussed the benefits of his program called Pro-Kids, Get Well Child Care and why it’s a great idea for working parents. 2-28-11.

You can watch Dr. Hampton on the Morning Show on KPHO’s web site by following this link: MOMster Monday

East Valley Tribune, On-Line Edition.
Parents with sick kids in the East Valley have a new option when they need care.
Gilbert-based Arizona ProHealth LLC has partnered with Maxwell Preschool Academy in Mesa to open a “sick bay,” housed in a separate part of the school. Ill children will be cared for by a licensed caregiver, such as a licensed nurse practitioner. Dr. Eric R. Hampton, a family practice physician for 10 years, is the founder of the program.
Read More: East Valley Tribune, On-Line Edition

Phoenix Business Journal.
Despite the closure of sick-child care centers at two Valley hospitals, a Gilbert doctor is venturing into the business and plans to franchise the concept nationally. Dr. Eric Hampton, founder and medical director of Arizona Prohealth LLC, opened his second sick-child care center this week. The first one opened in January.
Read more: Phoenix Business Journal

Sick-child day-care centers open in Chandler, Mesa
Working parents in the Southeast Valley now have two places to take a child who’s too sick to be in regular day care. Pro-Kids Get Well Child Care has opened in Chandler at Ray and Rural roads and in west Mesa at Dobson and Guadalupe roads. “Community interest has been overwhelming,” said Dr. Eric R. Hampton, who owns, with his physician wife, a family practice in Gilbert called Arizona Prohealth. That practice is the parent of Pro-Kids.
Read more: AZCentral.com

Day Cares for Ill Kids Open
Working parents in the southeast Valley now have two places to take a child who’s too sick to be in regular day care. Pro-Kids Get Well Child Care has opened in Chandler at Ray and Rural roads and in west Mesa at Dobson and Guadalupe roads. “Community interest has been overwhelming,” said Dr. Eric R. Hampton, who owns, with his physician wife, a family practice in Gilbert called Arizona Prohealth. That practice is the parent of Pro-Kids.
Read more: Arizona Republic