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Sacred Heart To Restart COVID-19 Drive-thru Testing Next Week
December 30, 2021
In response to an increase in coronavirus cases in the area, Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart will restart a drive-thru COVID-19 testing center on Tuesday, January 4.
The drive-through will be open Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 5192 Bayou Boulevard. No pre-registration or appointment is needed. The testing site will offer the traditional PCR swab test that will be sent to the hospital laboratory at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola. Lab results will be available in 24 hours.
Ascension Medical Group will bill a patient’s insurance if they have it, but the service will be provided with no out-of-pocket charges for the test. Those seeking a test should bring a valid form of identification and insurance card.
“We know the State of Florida is seeing unprecedented numbers of new COVID-19 cases and we expect the new Omicron variant will bring a rapid surge of cases into Northwest Florida in the weeks ahead,” said Justin Labrato, chief operating officer at Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart. “Hospitalizations are starting to climb so we are responding again to a community need for more accessible testing. Testing can help to identify the virus early, slow the spread, and allow infected people to isolate and seek treatment as needed.”
Decisions about Ascension Sacred Heart’s testing beyond next week have not been made yet.
The Ascension Sacred Heart team was among the first in Florida to open a drive-through testing site when the coronavirus first arrived in Pensacola in March 2020. The site continued to operate for 54 consecutive weeks. After ceasing operations when cases dropped later in 2021, Sacred Heart resumed its drive-through when Pensacola had its third and worst surge of the coronavirus during August and early September. At the height of the summer surge, the drive-through staff provided swab tests to more than 500 people in only four hours. In total, the drive-thru center has tested approximately 100,000 people.
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3 Responses to “Sacred Heart To Restart COVID-19 Drive-thru Testing Next Week”
We have the best governor in the country hands down. Most of the others have been bought out by China. Oh and the reason the rest of the people havent got the vaccine is because they knew the MSM is owned by China. Wake up people just look at the VAERS VACCINE ADVERSE EFFECTS REPORT SYSTEM. CDC even uses this site but refuse to tell u the truth!!
SO GLAD that there is NO attention paid to the person who is SUPPOSED to look out for the states welfare! The governor has NOT been able to totally stop testing and vaccines as he promotes!! Good job ON a brighter side Happy New year – GET VACCINATED GET BOOSTED – or stay HOME! Quit being selfish and killing others
Good job Ascension, we the ability to be tested with all the people refusing vaccination and failing and I mean failing to wear a mask.