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FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
Medical group offers
drive-up coronavirus
testing
Family First Medical
Group, with offices in Mokena
and Evergreen Park,
has begun offering people
drive-up testing for the
coronavirus.
Testing begins with a
phone consultation, followed
by a video screening,
according to Ryan
Dawson, marketing director
for Family First.
Should a physical test be
recommended, patients are
scheduled for a drive-up
appointment, where they
are first given a flu swab,
the results of which take
8-10 minutes, Dawson
said.
If that flu swab comes
back negative, then patients
are administered a
COVID-19 swab, which
takes roughly 48 hours
for results to come back,
Dawson said. COVID-19
is the disease caused by
the coronavirus.
Patients enrolled in
Family First’s in-network
health insurance plans
typically have their costs
covered through their insurance
policies; however,
those outside of the network
also can be tested by
paying out of pocket.
Family First also works
with Women’s Healthcare
of Illinois.
Those interested in setting
up a phone consultation
should begin by calling
Family First at (708)
572-7575, or Women’s
Healthcare of Illinois at
(708) 425-1907.
For more information,
visit www.yourffmg.com
and www.whcillinois.com.
Reporting by T.J. Kremer III,
Editor. For more, visit Moke
naMessengerDaily.com.
FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
Four patients test positive
for coronavirus at Silver
Cross Hospital
Four inpatients at Silver
Cross Hospital have tested
positive for COVID-19,
according to an email sent
by President/CEO Ruth
Colby on Monday, March
23.
In the same email received
March 23, Silver
Cross noted it has tested
138 patients to date, with
51 of those coming back
negative. It is awaiting the
results of 83 others. The
email states that 29 persons
under investigation
are in-house.
Silver Cross had its first
patient test positive March
18.
In a separate email received
Thursday, March
19, Silver Cross noted
it has tested 44 patients
to date, with 17 of those
coming back negative. It is
awaiting the results of 26
others, four of whom are
inpatient.
The email sent on March
19 also states that Silver
Cross received a shipment
of N95 and paper masks.
N-95 masks can be reused
throughout a shift.
The hospital also announced
that as of March
18 it is not allowing visitors
in any area of the
hospital, which includes
inpatient, outpatient and
the emergency department.
The public will not
be allowed to wait in the
hospital lobby. For more
information about the visitor
policy, visit silvercross.
org.
Limited exceptions are
to be made for single visitors
over the age of 18 to
pediatric, end-of-life and
critically ill patients, to be
determined on a case-bycase
basis, according to
the email. Patients in the
Mother Baby Unit may
have one visitor, as well.
Also as of March 18, the
hospital started screening
all people who enter the
hospital at all four locations.
Reporting by Sean Hastings,
Editor. For more, visit New
LenoxPatriotDaily.com.
FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION
Virtual gallery lets
residents appreciate area
artists from home
The Frankfort Arts Association’s
downtown
gallery may be temporarily
closed, but community
members can still enjoy local
artists’ work by visiting
the organization’s newlylaunched
digital gallery.
The association’s latest
exhibition, titled “Treasures,”
challenged artists
to create artwork with a focus
on something valuable
to them. Originally slated
to run March 8 through
April 25 at the physical
gallery, the exhibition has
since moved to an online
format at frankfortartsassociation.org.
Frankfort Arts Association
board member Katie
Stempniak said the organization’s
leadership opted
to create the digital gallery
in an effort to help “flatten
the curve” by reducing potential
community spread
of COVID-19.
“We just wanted to be
able to give the community
somewhere to go and
virtually appreciate some
of the art, and give them
the option to purchase it
if they wanted to,” Stempniak
explained. “We want
to be part of the community,
and whether it’s in-person
in the gallery, a pop-up
gallery or a virtual gallery,
we just want to support local
arts and artists.”
Reporting by Nuria Mathog,
Editor. For more, visit Frank
fortStationDaily.com.