Two clinics opening in El Paso

​​​EL PASO – A Miami-based primary care organization plans to invest $3.5 million to open two health clinics.

MCCI Medical Group plans to open an Eastside location in a building formerly occupied by GECU ​at 10435​ Vista Del Sol Dr. ​and a second location in an office building in Central El Paso.

El Paso’s growth and its large population of Medicaid users sparked MCCI’s interest in the city.

El Paso has long suffered an acute doctor shortage, and MCCI Medical Group’s investment in El Paso is the latest to bolster El Paso’s growing health care sector.

The number of physicians in El Paso has increased by about 30 percent since 2010, Texas Medical Board data show.

There were 1,441 registered physicians in 2017, up from 1,119 in 2010.