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ER/Urgent Care easy to access from Crown Heights or Manhattan? — Brooklynian

ER/Urgent Care easy to access from Crown Heights or Manhattan?

tateinbk
tateinbk
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff

I tore or strained something very badly and walking isn't really possible, at least without gasps. My Primary care, who I actually haven't seen yet "isn't at the office right now" and they don't know when she will be back, if ever. I can't wait the 3 days it will take for the next Dr. Does anyone know of any urgent care facilities or ERs that are still open that are convenient to get to? In the past when I've had problems I've gone to Lenox Hill with the reasoning that with a high income neighborhood the wait might be better. It's feeling pretty far away right now though. With hospitals closing left and right I don't even know where to go anymore.

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  • homeowner
    homeowner

    Tate, do you have insurance? If so, you can call your insurance company and find out what urgent care centers it is affiliated with.

    If that doesn't work I'd recommend Mt Sinai Urgent Care. My son's doctor is affiliated with Mt. Sinai and I've had to take him to their urgent care facility in Brooklyn Heights when he's gotten sick and his doctor wasn't available.

    This is their website, and they are definitely better than an emergency room.

  • MOD
    MOD

    There's a couple of urgent care places mentioned here: http://brooklynian.com/forum/prospect-heights/what-er-do-you-go-to

  • tateinbk
    tateinbk

    Thank you Mamacita. I knew there were similar posts out there but was only finding old ones. My "insurance" is such that I will need to pay cash for urgent care or go to an ER. If I keep getting worse or the list of tests an Urgent Care Doc wants to do is more than I can handle I'll be facing the ER. Any recommendations for that?

  • newguy88
    newguy88

    tateinbk,

    I can't stress this enough RICE your leg, ankle, knee or whatever is hurting untill you get medical aid.

    Rest

    Ice

    Compression

    Elevate

    My old doctor's office tried to pull the oh your doctor is out of town and the others are booked thing. I just kept pestering them and reminding them that it was an emergency and as their patient they have a ethical duty to treat me promptly. Low and behold by my third phone call in one day they magically found an opening with one of their doctors.

    Wishes for a speedy recovery!

  • homeowner
    homeowner

    With regards to ER's you don't really have a lot of options. Methodist in Park Slope, Brooklyn in Ft. Greene, Lutheran in Sunset Park, are probably the easiest.

    I don't know if Interfaith is still taking patients and I'm not sure I'd recommend you go there anyway. Kings County is only good if you need a trauma surgeon or a 72 hour hold. I wouldn't send a dog to Woodhull. That's pretty much all of the central Brooklyn hospitals.

  • stacey
    stacey

    Maimonides is also pretty good too. Large new, clean facilities

  • homeowner
    homeowner

    Yep, its got a very good ER (my primary works there), but it's a bit out of the way if you are getting around only on one good leg.

  • tateinbk
    tateinbk

    Thank you for the suggestions. With icing, rest and IB Profen I'm feeling better. We'll see what happens when I have to take the progeny on the subway tomorrow. I wonder if it will be worse to pull/push him in a stroller or put his 30 lbs on my back in a carrier. Why am I not independently wealthy? Huh!? Or have medical options that don't all stink. After lugging the kid around tomorrow I may end up at the ER yet.

  • newguy88
    newguy88

    You still with us tate?

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    As of 9/13/2013 at 11:40 AM, her last activity was

    1 hr50 min ago.

    http://brooklynian.com/forum/profile/tateinbk

    ...she is doing better than many.

  • newguy88
    newguy88

    SO she is still alive and kicking! That's good! Hopefully her leg is alright.

  • tateinbk
    tateinbk

    Thank you for your concern. :) I'm much better. Despite the horrifying pain earlier in the week I'm basically back to my usual state. Let's hear it for IB Profen and icing. The last time I used this regime along with a heavy dose of Stiff Upper Lip it turned out I had torn all the ligaments in an ankle so that was my concern with doing the same. Things seem to be working themselves out. If I ever get real insurance again I'll go to a proper orthopedist, get an MRI and see for sure if I didn't do something very very bad. :)

  • newguy88
    newguy88

    No problem glad you're doing better!

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