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Wednesday, January 24, 1990 / University Daily Kansan
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When Debbie Axelrod woke Monday morning, her muscles ached and her throat was sore. Normally when she is sick, Axelrod receives treatment from a local Lawrence internist.
Kansan staff writer
On Monday, however, Axelrod, Deerfield, III., junior, decided to give Watkins Memorial Health Center a trv.
"It was pleasantly surprised that I only had to wait 35 minutes," she said. "Usually the place is packed, so I have used a private doctor for convenience and a more personal visit in the past."
Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins, said students often expected long waits at Watkins and therefore went somewhere else. However, as the treatment at Watkins generally do not exceed 15 to 45 minutes, he said.
"It turns out that our wait is shorter than any doctor's office in town without an appointment," he said. "But the usual emergency room wait."
However, Marc Wolverson, St. Louis senior, has not been as impressed with waiting time at Watkins. He said although it helped to make an appointment, waiting times at a physician at Watkins were still too long.
"I have been to Watkins several times, and I become impatient with the wait," he said. "I end up waiting
about 25 minutes for scheduled appointment times and 45 minutes otherwise."
Vockey said that although the Watkins clinic could be busy at peak hours, the student health center was the student centric percent of all student health problems.
bypassed Watkins and found treatment elsewhere, even though their particular problems could be taken care of faster and cheaper at Watkins.
"One of our biggest problems are the students who go to Lawrence Memorial when they could have come here first," he said. "We have students going there at 2 p.m. for ankle straps that end up waiting
"We see over 200 people a day, and less than two people in a day cannot get what they need here," he said.
'It turns out that our wait is shorter than any doctor's office in town without an appointment.'
— Charles Tockey Watkins chief of staff
Yockey said the few students who could not be treated at Watkins could usually find definitive treatment at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
"If a student needs, for example, an orthopedic or neurosurgeon, we'll give them a referral, as we do not have any surgeons on staff," Yockey said. "However, we can do minor surgery, such as mole or cyst removal."
Yockey said students should first seek evaluation at Watkins because initial services are covered by the $69.50 student health fee paid by students as part of tuition every semester and less expensive than a private physician or Lawrence Memorial emergency room, he said.
hours for care."
Yockey said some students
a secondary or tertiary medical facility for continuation of care."
Although the Watkins staff can treat most common and minor medical problems, serious or life-threatening maladies should be taken to Lawrence Memorial for evaluation and treatment. Yockey said.
Judith McFadden, director of community relations at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, said the two hospitals had a good working relationship and were in tune to each other's limitations.
"Students seem to understand that they should go to Watkins first and that our emergency room is for emergencies," she said. "We have not seen any inappropriate use of the E.R. by KU students."
Yockey said automobile accident victims and other patients with major trauma, as such open fractures or severe lacerations, if brought to Watkins, would be stabilized and then transported by ambulance to the appropriate medical facility.
"We are a primary medical facility and will stabilize any patient brought through our doors," he said. "But, we have had an emergency limb will be transferred to them."
McFadden said the minimum charge for an emergency room physician's evaluation at Lawrence Memorial was $85-$100. The physician's charge does not include any laboratory work or x-ray services, she said.
Yockey said students who were sick or injured after Watkins was closed and thought they needed immediate medical attention, should go to Lawrence Memorial for treatment.
"Some conditions, like increasing shortness of breath or a laceration, should be evaluated by a physician quickly," he said. "If students are unable to find transportation to the hospital, they should call 911 to notify the ambulance service."
Watkins is open between 8 a.m. and
11 p.m. Monday through Friday, and
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday.
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