West Ocean City Injury and Illness Center offering curbside wellness checkups

OCEAN CITY, Md.- During this pandemic,  West Ocean City Injury and Illness Center said they’ve made it easier and safer to get patients the care they need.

“As soon as we realized that we decided to modify our operations, we decided we would meet the patients out here,” Cynthia Randolph, Physicians Assistant at West Ocean City Injury and Illness Center, said.

One of the ways they’re doing that is with their curbside wellness check ups.

Here’s how it works.

Patients can drive to this spot where they will then call a physician to let them know that they are here, and the physician will come out and they will triage the patient.

Physicians told us they set up some carts to transport equipment outside and with that they can take care of patients with various needs.

“We’ve also been seeing patients who’ve come in with issues of just being sick or someone that needed stitches removed,” Dr. Joseph Crisanti, Medical Director at West Ocean City Injury and Illness Center, said.

They also told 47 ABC that patients have adapted well to the new routine.

“They seem to be very appreciative of it and are very willing to do and to adapt to it,” Dr. Crisanti said.

“A lot of our patients love it, they’re asking if we are going to continue this even in the summer,” Randolph said.

Meanwhile, staff at West Ocean City Injury and Illness Center said they’re just happy to be able to continue to be there for their community through this tough time.

“We’re just looking to provide a need, we’re not looking to gain any kind of accolade,” Randolph said.

The wellness center told us that along with curbside patients can still go into the center.

They will just have to follow new guidelines like getting their temperature take when they walk in.