Franciscan Health To Begin Drive Up Testing For Covid-19
Franciscan Health Michigan City & Crown Point will also begin offering outpatient testing for COVID-19 from 10AM to 6PM, Monday through Friday. A physician’s order and pre-registration is required to be tested. Patients should call (219) 877-1474 prior to arrival to pre-register for Michigan City location. The pre-registration phone number for Crown Point is (219) 681-6912. The testing trailer will be located on the far east side of the hospital’s main parking lot and will be identified with a large banner. We are still preparing our site for testing and will notify the public when it is available.
To minimize unnecessary exposure, testing will be completed in the patient’s car. Patients should not enter the Emergency Department for testing. After testing, unless exhibiting acute symptoms that require hospitalization, patients will be sent home to treat their symptoms. The patient’s physician will notify them with test results within three to four days. COVID-19 is a viral illness, and treatment is rest, drinking fluids and medication that reduces fever. You can protect yourself from transmission of the virus by washing your hands often, avoiding close contact with others, staying home if sick, covering coughs and sneezes and cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched surfaces daily.
For those seeking information, we request that they not call the Emergency Department, since it takes resources away from treating our patients. For frequently asked questions about coronavirus, you can call this hotline: (219) 879-8511, prompt #8. This is not a medical screening hotline, it’s general information only.
Those with general questions about coronavirus can also find resources online, which are updated regularly, including:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at cdc.gov
The Indiana State Department of Health at www.in.gov/isdh
LaPorte County at laporteco.in.gov/covid-19/
Franciscan Health at franciscanhealth.org/COVID-19
Why not have it in Hammond, Dyer and Munster also? This seems totally screwed up.
The shortage of test kits I believe and the need to keep it spread apart but still accessible to many different people.