| golfing eagles |
07-09-2021 05:38 AM |
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Originally Posted by va42dapa@gmail.com
(Post 1970398)
There’s a new urgent care company coming soon which will service The Villages. It’s called Dispatch Health and the care provider comes to your home. Dispatch is established in 38 cities across the US, several in Florida, and has great ratings. Having in home urgent care treatment options should provide a niche for many Villagers facing mobility or transportation issues. The Ocala practice is aligned with Advent Health.
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Beware. Such a service is very limited in scope. 40 years ago I did some moonlighting for a similar service in NYC. We would carefully screen all requests to make sure it could be reasonably handled on a house call. This basically limited us to colds, sore throats, minor burns and injuries, and that was in 1985. With today's technology (and lawyers), I have some questions about just what type of problems this group would be willing to treat at home, where there is no lab, no x-ray, no CT, no EKG, etc. If they are ethical, they will tell you, on the phone , to go to the ER or urgent care, or to call an ambulance if the condition warranted. If they are in it for the money, they might show up, do a cursory history and exam, THEN tell you to go to a facility. That will be $300 please---cash or credit?????? |
