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 The clinic at 4455 U.S. Route 36 East will operate
seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. People coming to the
respiratory clinic should call a hotline before they arrive. That
number is 217-876-1200. The clinic is open to anyone with a
respiratory problem that could be COVID-19.
“We have designed a process at this clinic for enhanced safety of
our community and our colleagues,” said Drew Early, president and
CEO of Decatur Memorial Hospital, one of five hospitals in Memorial
Health System. “In order to ensure the safety of our community, we
want people who have symptoms for COVID-19 to call our hotline and
avoid walking into the emergency room or their physician’s clinic.”
Healthcare providers will be stationed outside the
clinic to screen patients and determine the appropriate level of
care.
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The clinic will provide COVID-19 testing for those
patients who meet the guidelines set by the Illinois Department of
Public Health.
If a patient arrives who has not set up an appointment through the
hotline, they will be directed to a designated parking space, where
signage will instruct them to call to register by phone. For anyone
who needs to be brought into the clinic for further medical
evaluation, such as a chest x-ray for pneumonia, there’s a separate
entrance where they will be brought in for an examination and
returned to their cars.
For the latest information on COVID-19, check the health system’s
website, ChooseMemorial.org/COVID19.
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