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HEALTH
Stay healthy using local facilities
Lawrence, surrounding area offer plenty of options for flu-like symptoms to major problems
Watkins Memorial Health Center offers health treatments for students. Located on campus, students can get treatment and pick up prescriptions.
BY JOE CAPONIO
jcaponio@kansan.com
Being surrounded by nearly 30,000 strangers on a daily basis, you're bound to catch the sniffles every once in a while on campus, whether it be in the class room, in the residence halls or just passing by someone on Wesco Beach. Unfortunately, some will come down with ailments of a more serious variety.
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But those hypochondriacs out there shouldn't fret. Should you happen to be stricken with some sort of illness or injury during your time at the University, there are several places in Lawrence where you can go to help treat whatever it is that's keeping you under the weather.
WATKINS MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER:
As the campus' health center, Watkins is located just east of Robinson Gymnasium on Schwegler Drive. Watkins will provide urgent
care to anyone, but only KU students, faculty and staff can make appointments. Students help cover the costs of Watkins when they pay their Student Health Fees at the start of each semester.
The center includes an allergy clinic, laboratory, pharmacy, general medicine clinic and physical therapy room for students to rehabilitate injuries. The staff at Watkins gives routine exams, as well as immunization and radiology.
Watkins is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sundays from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. during the fall and spring semesters.
More information about Watkins can be found at www.studenthealth.ku.edu.
LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL:
As the largest medical center in the area, LMH offers more than 100 different services, ranging from administration of oxygen to
pulmonary testing. LMH is also the home of Lawrence's only 24-hour emergency room. LMH has been serving Lawrence since 1921, and has been located at its current location, 325 Maine Street, since 1977.
HEALTH CARE ACCESS CLINIC:
Even for those without health care, there is somewhere to turn when medical treatment is necessary. At the Health Care Access Clinic, 1920 Moodie Rd., the staff has been helping residents with limited financial means since 1988.
Any Douglas County resident with limited income and no health care is eligible for an appointment or walkin. The clinic, which is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.on weekdays, offers primary health care services, medication assistance, and x-rays.
FIRST MED:
For those living on the south side of Lawrence, First Med is a
family practice and walk-in care center. Located at 2323 Ridge Court near the intersection of Iowa and 23rd streets, the facility is open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. 362 days a year.
The clinic offers laceration repair, dermatological surgery and help with fitness and weight loss, among other services.