Kern Radiology advises not to put off necessary medical imaging

Kern Radiology advises not to put off necessary medical imaging

WEEKS TO GET MEDICAL IMAGINGDONE SUCH AS XRAYS, CT'S ANDMRI'S.... SOME ARE FEARFUL OFGOING TO HOSPITALS ANDNOT SURE WHERE TO TURN ALLWAITING UNTIL COVID-19 ISCONTAINED.DOCTORS WE SPOKE TO SAY PATIENTSTHAT ARE IN NEED OFMEDICAL IMAGING SHOULD NOT PUTOFF GETTING THEIR EXAMSDURING THIS TIME.

EXPLAINING NOTGETTING THE PROPER IMAGINGDONE IN TIME COULD IMPACT APATIENT'S HEALTH AND CARE.

"ITWOULD MEAN A DIFFERENCE BETWEENYOU JUST GETTING A SOME KIND OFPRESCRIPTION OR GOING TO THEHOSPITAL IF NECESSARY."CHRISTINA MARTINEZ, DIGITAL XRAYTECHNITION THOUGH PATIENTSNEEDING MEDICAL IMAGING ANDDIAGNOSIS WILL NEED A REFERRALFROM A DOCTOR IN ORDER TO GETTESTING."YOU HEALTH IS VERY IMPORTANTAND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THATYOU DO COME IN AND HAVE THOSEEXAMS DONE.

ESPECIALLY IFYOUR DOCTOR HAS GIVEN YOU THEORDER." SUZANNE LUGOSITE SUPERVORS, KERN RADIOLOGYSAN DIMAS INSIDE THEIRFACILITIES THEY FOLLOW STATEGUIDELINES FORCOVID-19 ... SPACED SEATING,SOCIAL DISTANCINGGUIDES ON THE FLOORS.

THEY ALSOASK SOME PATIENTS TO WAITOUTSIDE OR IN THEIR CARS UNTILTHEIR APPOINTMENTS,BUT THEY ALSO WORK WITH URGENTCARE CENTERS GIVINGXRAYS RESULTS REMOTELY TODOCTORS TREATING COVID-19CASES."WE READ FOR URGENT CARE CENTERSALL ACROSS THECITIES SO IF A PATIENT IS AT APOINT OF CARE WHERE THEIRDOCTOR IS CONCERNED, THEY HAVECOVID WE'RE ABLE TO READ THOSEXRAYS REMOTELY AND HELP THEMDIRECT THE TREATMENT OF THOSEPATIENTS.

"DR. BERNARDMARISTANY, PRESIDENT, KERNRADIOLOGY MEDICAL GROUPIF YOU ARE IN NEED OF MEDICALIMAGING KERN RADIOLOGY HASMULTIPLE LOCATIONS YOU CANCONTACT, HOWEVER THEY DO WANTYOU TO BE ADVISED THAT ONLYPATIENTS THAT WILL BESEEN IS ALLOWED IN THE BUILDING.ONLY A PATIENT WITH SPECIAL