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 Nervous your sprained ankle might really be a fracture? Worried your
chest cold has turned into pneumonia? Such concerns no longer
involve a drive to the emergency room, as all Lee Convenient Care
centers now offer radiology.
“All of our X-rays are performed by a trained radiology technician,”
says Dr. Avra Bowers, Senior Lead Physician of Lee Convenient Care.
“And after the LCC physician reads the X-rays, all films are sent to
a radiologist. In some other urgent care centers, if someone misses
a nodule on a chest X-ray, there may
not be a radiologist who takes a second look. Here, all final
readings are done by a radiologist.”
Lee Convenient Care at Pine Island Road welcomed radiology mid-July,
rounding out X-ray capabilities through all Lee Convenient Care
walk-in centers. If a child swallows a coin or if an adolescent
swallows a tongue ring, they can be seen at Lee Convenient Care.
X-rays will determine where the metal lies, if it’s stuck in the
esophagus or if it’s small enough to pass.
If a worker worries some sliver of metal slipped under his or her
skin, an X-ray will say yes or no. “Our X-rays will find foreign
bodies—metal, stone, some glass, sometimes wood, seashells or other
ocean rocks, pebbles,” Dr. Bowers says. “We will clean out the wound
and then take another X-ray to make sure it’s completely gone.”
If a chest X-ray does reveal pneumonia, antibiotics will be given.
If a sprained ankle proves to be a fracture, Lee Convenient Care
staff will stabilize the fracture, provide crutches and refer the
patient to an orthopedic specialist. “Please know, we will get you
to the correct place,” Dr. Bowers says. “If you need to go to the
emergency room, if you need a specialist, we will do everything to
get you where you need to be.”
The Page Field and Pine Island Road Lee Convenient Cares are open
seven days a week, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and the North Fort Myers
office is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. “The
X-rays performed in our urgent care centers are usually covered
under the office visit co-payment,” Dr. Bowers says.
To learn more about Lee Convenient Care or to find a location
near you,
click here.
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