NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Primary care doctors may be booked or unavailable during Thanksgiving week, but patients have other healthcare options available.

Vanderbilt Health offers two alternatives: video visits and walk-in clinics with online reservation systems to reduce wait times.

Nick Weimer with Vanderbilt University Medical Center said they see increased patient volume during this time of year.

“Typically we have kind of starting right around Thanksgiving, we’ve got what we call respiratory season. So a lot of the cold, the flu, those kinds of things going around,” Weimer said.

Multiple locations available across Middle Tennessee

Vanderbilt operates 24 clinics throughout Middle Tennessee, 12 of which are in Walgreens locations. Despite increased demand, many locations currently

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