Due to the extremely high number of closings throughout the region, the Erlanger Health System is instead posting all clinics and service areas which are OPEN for business today, Tuesday, Jan. 11:
If you have an appointment with ANY Erlanger physician or department, please call that office number for an update on hours of operation. Voicemail messages throughout the Erlanger Health System are being updated on an ongoing basis.
Obviously, the Emergency Rooms at Erlanger Baroness Campus downtown, Children’s Hospital, and Erlanger North continue to operate 24/7.
The Urgent Care Center at Erlanger East on Gunbarrel Road is open from 9 am to 8 p.m.
The surgery departments at Erlanger Baroness and Children’s Hospital are open, but NOT for elective cases.
Radiation Oncology and Infusion Center at Erlanger Baroness campus are open Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wound Care Center and Hyperbarics (HBO) Center at Erlanger Baroness Campus are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday
• Physician Offices:
Academic Gastroenterology – open noon to 4 p.m.
Other Erlanger physician offices hope to extend hours later in week to accommodate appointments missed due to weather conditions. Patients who have missed appointments with Erlanger physicians early this week are encouraged to contact the physician offices to get hours of operation and/or reschedule appointments.
• Mother/Baby Units:
Maternity units at both Erlanger Baroness Campus and Erlanger East are open.
On Monday, four babies were born at Erlanger East and three will be delivered today. A number of elective inductions scheduled for today have been postponed at Erlanger East.
On Monday, nine babies were born at the Erlanger Baroness Campus, and there were three deliveries today, with several more births expected throughout the day.
Today’s date, 1/11/11 was a particularly popular choice for inductions, most cancelled due to elective nature of procedure.
• ER updates on weather related injuries
A total of seven adults have been treated for injuries related to sliding related (sleds, inner tubes, etc.) accidents at the Erlanger Baroness Campus in the past two days. Six of those patients were admitted to the hospital.
At Children’s Hospital, only one child has been treated for injuries from a sledding accident (yesterday) and was not admitted. No weather-related injuries or illnesses reported as of noon today at Children’s Hospital ER.