Patients with respiratory symptoms or fever who wish to be tested may present to 94220 4th Street in Gold Beach and will be seen by an ER physician and receive a medical screening examination.
All appropriate tests will be ordered, including COVID-19, if indicated. This service will be offered as long as SUPPLIES are AVAILABLE.
The purpose of performing tests at a single location at Curry General Hospital is to limit potential exposure to our health care providers who are tasked with providing you compassionate and quality care, as well as to other patients, and to do so in a facility with a laboratory that has the capacity to rapidly test and rule out flu and other potential causes. Curry Medical Center in Brookings does not have the rapid flu test capability, and sending test samples by courier to Gold Beach would cause a delay which can be avoided by centralizing COVID-19 at this single location.
Curry Health Network recommends that you keep informed of quickly changing information as provided by the OHA and CDC by accessing the links below. These agencies offer the most up to date information and recommendations on how to prevent the illness, what you should do when you are sick, symptoms, and answers to common questions. Please remember that older people and people with chronic diseases are at higher risk.
CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
