As of this week Virginia Mason Bainbridge Island Medical Center on Winslow Way has expanded its urgent care treatment services for minor injuries and illnesses to seven days a week, with no appointments required. The Clinic is now providing urgent treatment of nonlife threatening conditions from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
While patients have long been able to walk in for unscheduled treatment of illnesses and injuries at the VM Clinic, the facility has now made urgent care an official service by assigning a dedicated team of medical experts and expanding its hours.
“We often hear from patients who get sick or hurt on the weekends or evenings and want to come to Virginia Mason, or maybe it’s during normal business hours, but there are no appointments available,” said Catherine Edwards, MD, section head for primary care. “They don’t need to visit a hospital emergency department, but they do want to be seen quickly for treatment of a minor injury or illness and not wait for an appointment. Urgent care is the answer.”
Virginia Mason defines urgent care as treatment of nonlife threatening illnesses such as colds, the flu, ear aches, sore throats, migraines, fever and rashes, and minor injuries including sprains, back pain, minor cuts and burns, minor broken bones, and minor eye injuries. Individuals experiencing more serious or life-threatening medical emergencies should call 911.
Learn more at www.virginiamason.org/Urgent-Care.
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