With the number of patients experiencing flu-like symptoms significantly decreasing, Nebraska Medicine plans to end walk-in flu clinics at the end of the month. Those two clinics will also be returning to regular business hours beginning Monday, March 19.
It’s been a little more than a month since Nebraska Medicine opened the two walk-in clinics to handle the increase in the number of patients needing same-day access for their flu-like symptoms. Over the past six weeks, more than 585 patients were treated at Nebraska Medicine – Chalco and Nebraska Medicine – Clarkson Family Medicine for these symptoms.
The total number of flu patients seen at these two clinics declined steadily since they opened on Feb. 5. Here is a breakdown in the number of patients seen each week:
1st Week 219
2nd Week 148
3rd Week 86
4th Week 60
5th Week 47
6th Week 24 (Monday through Wednesday)
Walk-in flu patients will continue to be seen until the end of March.
Clinic hours are:
Nebraska Medicine – Chalco: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Nebraska Medicine – Clarkson Family Medicine: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.