A 69 year old female resident of Deerfield, Illinois was having a problem with a urinary infection. It was a Friday night, she was unable to see her gynecologist till the following Tuesday. She decided to go to a so called Retail Immediate Care Clinic at a famous name chain pharmacy in Libertyville, Illinois. She logged in at the kiosk and sat there patiently for three hours until she could see a Nurse Practitioner at the pharmacy based clinic.
She was told after the three hour wait that they were sorry, they could not treat her because they could only treat problems above the waist such as a respiratory infections. The computer kiosk she logged into wasn't apparently programmed to give her that information and send her immediately on her way. She had to wait three uncomfortable hours until a human being asked her what her problem was.
The bottom line is a Nurse Practitioner is extremely limited in the conditions that they can treat without the direct supervision of a physician. Typically these retail/pharmacy based clinics are tremendously under staffed, and you can sit there for hours only to be turned away once they finally get around to seeing you if your problem does not fit their very limited critera, If you have the cold, or flu, and can afford to wait up to three hours, this type of clinic can help you, but there are much better solutions available if you need immediate, or urgent care.
We want you to know that there is no substitute for seeing a real board certified physician at a true Immediate or Urgent Care Clinic which has the ability to see you right away when you can't get in to see your regular primary physician.
Healthy Trust Immediate Medical Care physicians are able diagnose your problem with such on site tools as a lab, and a radiology department. That means they can treat most problems and give you a definitive result which means they can immediately treat the problem which means you can start to heal and recover from your particular ailment.
You neighborhood retail pharmacy clinic can't often do that. That is the important thing to remember when you are not feeling well, and can't afford to waste time. Even more important is there isn't any difference in cost. Seeing a real physician immediately at a real immediate medical clinic costs about the same as going to your neighborhood retail/pharmacy clinic where odds are they can't help you with your problem unless you have a cold, or flu.
Healthy Trust Immediate Medical Care Walk-in clinic administers immediate non - urgent medical care during convenient hours. See our doctors for minor injuries or health problems, such as sprains, cuts, colds, flu's, and for other convenient health care services.
We serve the Chicago North Shore Communities of Lake County,Wheeling, Prospect Heights, Lincolnshire, Deerfield, Buffalo Grove, Northbrook, Highland Park, Long Grove, Riverwoods, Des Plaines, Palatine, Libertyville, Glenview, Highwood, Northfield, Libertyville, Winnetka, Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Mundelein, and Bannockburn.
Next time you feel ill, need immediate medical care, and can't see your primary care physician in a timely manner, come to Healthy Trust Immediate Medical Care in Wheeling, Illinois. We can address your problem, help get you well, and not waste any of your time.
Don't waste your time at a so called pharmacy clinic that is limited in its ability to treat or diagnose your problem. See the real board certified physicians at Healthy Trust Immediate Medical Care in Wheeling, Illinois, or another Immediate/Urgent Care Clinic if you are outside of our Chicago North Shore service area. There is no substitute for seeing a real board certified physician in a timely manner.
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