by William Crum
Southwest Boulevard Family Health Care Clinic, 340 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, Kansas, has been testing patients for COVID-19 in a clinic on Thursday and Friday.
Dr. Sharon Lee, a co-founder of the clinic, said they had a couple hundred calls about it so far, but as of midday Friday, only about a dozen people have been tested.
Patients of the safety net clinics should call a clinic or a primary care provider first, and then medical personnel will assess their cases and decide whether they can receive a test for COVID-19. Symptoms, according to health officials, include a cough, fever and shortness of breath. Usually, only those who have more severe symptoms are being tested.
Dr. Lee said they had a meeting with Unified Government health officials, and they didn’t have the staff to handle the testing, while the Family Health Care Clinic did.
