Medical Clinics Provide Support for Students Amid COVID-19

COVID-19 is a thing. These are scary times that we are living in. It is important to know where to go if you need medical services. Now, besides COVID-19, I want to talk about what these amazing places do with their hard-working people. Beside Campus Health, what options are nearby? What specialties do each place provide? What is each place doing to help flatten the curve? Here are some options for different aspects of health.

            For starters, I wanted to take a look at a place that is right across the street. College View Harmony Health is a place that specializes in mental health. To follow all possible precautions when it comes to COVID-19, they are flexible with both in-person or online appointments via Telehealth. They are able to help with a wide variety of issues during this time. Even if you just need someone to talk to about time in quarantine, the people there are more than willing to listen.

            The next place that helps with your overall health is just a few blocks away from the campus. Urgent Care Clinic of Lincoln provides everything you may need. They do provide COVID-19 tests and you do not need an appointment for a test. As well as testing for COVID-19, if you are having a cold that is not related to COVID-19, they are the place to go. They have good people who are willing to help in any way they can. A fun bonus is that they have Union graduates working there. 

            The other piece of this is that there are people at the Urgent Care Clinic to help you with prescriptions. Sometimes it’s hard to find a place to help get a refill for a prescription but the doctors at the clinic are more than willing to help with this. The professionals there are happy to meet in person or over the phone to talk to you. 

           So, these are two of the places to go if you are in need of professional medical help here in Lincoln. Hopefully this will give a sense of what the city offers medically and what is convenient and close to Union. Please stay safe.

TJ Pittinger is a Sophomore

Theology Major from

Gilson, Illinois