Patients waiting long time for test results

Some local patients still waiting for over a week for test results.

FOR A TREASURE COAST MAN -JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A PROBLEMREACHING COAST TO COAST.

SOMELOCAL PATIENTS ARE STILLWAITING MORE THAN A WEEK FORTEST RESULTS.

MEANWHILE-STAYING IN ISOLATION, AWAYFROM THEIR JOBS AND FAMILIES.WPTV NEWSCHANNEL 5'S MEGHANMCROBERTS REPORTS FROM MARTINCOUNTY.<< LOOKLIVE: I TALKED TO ONEPATIENT TODAY WHO WAS TESTEDHERE AT THE MARTIN NORTH DRIVETHRU TESTING SITE MORE THANEIGHT DAYS AGO& A FAR CRY FROMTHE ESTIMATED TIME HE WASORIGINALLY GIVEN TO WAIT& OFTHREE TO FIVE DAYS.... BUTSTILL-- NO RESULTS.

PKG BEFORENINE IN THE MORNING ON MARCH16TH& THIS IS WHERE A LOCALMAN, WHO DOESNIDENTIFIED UNTIL HE RECEIVESHIS RESULTS, WAS TESTED FORPOSSIBLE COVID-19.“THEY SAIDTHAT IT WOULD BE 3 TO 5BUSINESS DAYS” WEDNESDAYMORNING WILL MAKE NINE DAYS&THAT HEFROM HIS FAMILY& AND CLEANINGCONSTANTLY.“SO IF I SIT IN ASEAT, AND THE KIDS HAVE GONETO BED, AND I COME OUT AND SITON THE SOFA, I THEN LYSOL THEENTIRE AREA WHERE ICONTACT.

IF I GO TO THEKITCHEN TO GET SOMETHING TOEAT, I HAVE TO GET SANITIZEROUT AND CLEAN THAT AREA....ITCOULD POSSIBLY BE AVOIDED BYGETTING TEST RESULTS SOONER”QUICKER RESULTS MIGHT MEAN HEWOULDNT NEED TO ISOLATE FOR SOLONG& OR- IT WOULD HAVECONFIRMED SOONER- THAT HISEXTRA WORK CLEANING- WAS WORTHIT.“AT THIS POINT I DONKNOW THAT THEREMORE I CAN DO.

IFRUSTRATED” AT SEVEN DAYSINTO HIS ISOLATIONNOTE RIGHT TO THE TOP OFCLEVELAND CLINIC MARTINHEALTH...AND GOT A QUICKRESPONSE.“THEYISSUES I GUESS WITH THOSELABORATORIES BEING OVERWHELMEDIS WHAT I UNDERSTAND” THEEMAIL STATING THE HOSPITAL HASTRIED ALL OF THE BIG NATIONALLABS FOR TESTING& - BUT THEYARE OVERWHELMED& AND THAT THEYHAVE“RECEIVED UNSATISFACTORYRESPONSE TIMES FOR TESTRESULT”“ORIGINALLY THEY TOLDUS IT WOULD TAKE 2-3 DAYS.NOW, ITDAYS” THE WAIT HAS ALSOIMPACTED UNDERLYING HEALTHISSUES...“IINFECTION BECAUSE I CANTO THE DOCTOR.

I CANKIND OF TREATMENT FORANYTHING”“NO DOCTOR WILL SEEME WITHOUT THE TEST RESULTS.THEYAPPOINTMENTS IMAKE” UNTIL TODAY- A DOCTORGAVE HIM A PRESCRIPTION OVERTHE PHONE.

WITH HUNDREDS OFTESTS STILL PENDING FORCLEVELAND CLINIC MARTINHEALTH& THIS PATIENT GIVINGTHIS REMINDER.“WEWAITING FOR TEST RESULTS BUTTHE BIGGER PICTURE IS THAT WECOULD HAVE A POTENTIALLY MUCHHIGHER NUMBER HERE IN THESTATE OF FLORIDA OF PEOPLETESTING POSITIVE.

WE JUSTDONDELAY” TAG: CLEVELAND CLINICMARTIN HEALTH IS WORKING TOBRING IN EQUIPMENT THAT WILLALLOW ITS OWN LABS TO PROCESSTHEIR OWN COVID-19 TESTS.

ITHIGH DEMAND EQUIPMENT& BUT ITCOULD BE DELIVERED SOON- THEN-TAKE A FEW WEEKS TO SET UP.TO OUR SOUTH - THE CITY OFMIAMI'S NOW UNDER A SHELTER INPLACE ORDER.

MAYOR F