Heartland Health offering curbside COVID-19 triage, accepting new patients

photo by: Ashley Golledge/Journal-World File Photo

The entrance to Heartland Community Health Center is shown Friday, Jan. 26, 2018.

The Heartland Community Health Center is offering curbside COVID-19 triage, as well as accepting new patients for services such as primary care, emergency dental care and behavioral health care.

Same-day appointments are available, as well as Telehealth appointments for patients who do not want to leave their homes. To make an in-person or Telehealth appointment, call 785-841-7297. All patients will be screened outside the facility at 346 Maine St., Suite 150.

CEO Robyn Coventon said the nonprofit organization was hoping to fill any needed health care gaps. Insured and uninsured patients are welcome.

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What to do if you think you may have COVID-19

Patients who have symptoms — difficulty breathing, cough and fever — should stay home, immediately isolate themselves from others and call their health care providers. Patients should never show up unannounced at a medical office or hospital. Instead, they should call ahead to explain their symptoms and give health care workers the ability to minimize the risk to others.

If patients do not have health care providers, they may call the Lawrence Douglas-County health department’s coronavirus line, 785-856-4343.

For updated information on the outbreak, Kansas residents can email COVID-19@ks.gov or call 866-534-3463 (866-KDHEINF), which is staffed 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday; and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

More information can be found through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s website or the Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health website.

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