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Newbiesaukee · 10-24-2012, 02:48 PM

This is totally a guess, but I think that a hospital would do just fine with a walk-in clinic, I doubt that their referring to the ER is really part of the plan; except, of course, if it is an emergency.

In Miami, the largest of the local hospitals (not part of a large for-profit chain) has established multiple walk-in clinics throughout the county, often in shopping centers. My wife and I have used them for several acute but not emergency issues such as ear infections and "pink-eye." We have been very pleased with the care and the system itself. The severe "duck-itch" that FLL described is exactly the type of problem that lends itself to this type of care.

10-24-2012, 02:48 PM	#37
Newbiesaukee Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Coral Gables, winter; Long Island, summer Posts: 1,354 Thanks: 949 Thanked 573 Times in 298 Posts	This is totally a guess, but I think that a hospital would do just fine with a walk-in clinic, I doubt that their referring to the ER is really part of the plan; except, of course, if it is an emergency. In Miami, the largest of the local hospitals (not part of a large for-profit chain) has established multiple walk-in clinics throughout the county, often in shopping centers. My wife and I have used them for several acute but not emergency issues such as ear infections and "pink-eye." We have been very pleased with the care and the system itself. The severe "duck-itch" that FLL described is exactly the type of problem that lends itself to this type of care. __________________ "You're only young once, but you can be immature forever."