New Urgent Care Hours in Brookings

BROOKINGS, OR (December 7, 2015) - Effective today, Urgent Care at Curry Medical Center, 500 5th Street in Brookings is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday (closed Sunday). Holiday hours may vary.

Sometimes medical conditions occur that require immediate attention, but may not warrant a visit to the hospital Emergency Department. For non-emergency medical conditions such as sprains and strains, cuts and lacerations, scrapes and rashes, fevers, respiratory infections, flu symptoms, sore throats, earaches, diarrhea, vomiting and more, there is Urgent Care at Curry Medical Center in Brookings.

Urgent Care fills the gap between a primary care physician's office and an emergency room, and provides significant savings to patients and insurers compared to hospital emergency departments. Urgent Care has the ability to splint, repair lacerations, treat minor eye injuries, treat minor breathing problems or mild dehydration, and provide other limited diagnostic treatments/procedures. Non-emergency, outpatient care is offered to ambulatory patients on a walk-in basis without an appointment.

●Sprains / Strains
●Cuts / Lacerations
●Scrapes / Rashes
●Fever
●Respiratory infection
●Flu symptoms
●Sore throats
●Earaches
●Diarrhea
●Vomiting
●Splinting
●Minor eye injuries
●Minor breathing problems
●Mild dehydration
●Other limited diagnostic treatments/procedures
●On site Xray
●On site Laboratory

If there is any doubt as to whether a situation is an emergency requiring Emergency Department care, you should always call 911 or go directly to a hospital emergency department. Curry General Hospital (541-247-3000) is located at 94220 Fourth Street in Gold Beach.