Mercy Well being — Lourdes Hospital has introduced new hours for its flu and COVID-19 testing clinic.
Beginning this Monday, the hospital’s “Paducah Triage Clinic” might be open from 8 a.m. to midday Monday by means of Saturday for flu and COVID-19 testing.
The clinic, 225 Medical Middle Drive, is positioned within the parking space of Mercy Well being — Paducah Pressing Care. In accordance with a information launch, Pressing Care’s hours and companies stay unchanged. Mercy Well being had established designated flu clinics for people who find themselves experiencing flu-like signs, comparable to fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat and physique aches.
The brand new hours are being performed so as to arrange a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for well being care employees. It’s to help within the completion of “Tier 1A” of the vaccination plan outlined by the Kentucky Division for Public Well being.
Tier 1A is for well being care employees, comparable to physicians, nurses, dentists and technologists. The vaccination clinic isn’t open to most of the people. Well being care employees could go to mercy.com for particulars on scheduling their vaccination.
