MCLB Branch Medical Clinic

MCLB Barstow's Branch Medical Clinic is located in Building 17.  The clinic's goal is to provide the highest quality care to active-duty service members and beneficiaries.  The clinic serves the health care needs of active-duty personnel, TRICARE members and other eligible beneficiaries throughout the high desert.

Inpatient care for active-duty service members is provided by Fort Irwin's Weed Army Community Hospital or through Naval Hospitals at San Diego or Camp Pendleton.

Family members and retirees requiring inpatient and outpatient medical care not available at the clinic are referred to Fort Irwin or local civilian medical sources under TRICARE.  TRICARE is an enrollment-based system devised to provide beneficiaries with a Primary Care Manager who will assess each patient's medical needs and provide appropriate medical care.  The TRICARE health benefits advisor ((760) 577-6491, extension 102), located at the base Branch Medical Clinic, provides medical benefit and enrollment information for family members and retirees.  

Clinic hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, except for holidays.  For clinic appointments, call the appointment line at (760) 577-6491, extension 101.

After hours and on weekends when the clinic is closed, all routine medical care will be deferred until the next working day.  For urgent medical problems or questions, contact the clinic chief of the day at (760) 272-8459 or call the Health Care Information Line at (800) 611-2883.  All emergencies are handled by the local civilian hospital.  For emergency assistance call 911.

The following services are available through the Branch Medical Clinic:  military sick call (walk-in from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 1 to 2:30 p.m.); routine and urgent office visits; pap smears; well baby exams; pharmacy ((760) 577-6491, extension 106 or 107); active-duty personnel physical exams; preventive medicine services; and occupational health services.