Dear patients of Spokane Center for Facial Plastic Surgery
Spokane Center for Facial Plastic Surgery is currently open for only emergent and urgent care for our patients. We are also open to virtual consultations and will begin utilizing this format for many non-urgent visits.
Additionally, in order to better serve the community, to limit your and everyone’s potential exposure and conserve important medical resources during the Covid-19 challenge, we ask the following:
Please do not come in to Spokane Center for Facial Plastic Surgery’s offices or the Surgery Center if you have a fever (100 F or higher) or recent onset (last 2 weeks) onset of cough.
Please do not bring more than one person with you to your appointment.
We will need to take your (and your companion’s temperature) and ask a few questions before you come into our facilities.
Please understand that for the safety of our patients, we will also need to reschedule non-emergent or urgent surgeries and appointments for the near future.
If you believe you are ill with Covid-19 or influenza please call your primary care doctor’s office, or your local urgent care rather than going in.
Testing for Covid-19 is recommended for you if you meet the following conditions:
- If you have a fever over 100 F and a cough, and have any chronic health conditions or are over the age of 60,
- If you have fever over 100 F and cough, and have had contact in the last 14 days with a known Covid-19 patient or recent travel to affected areas
People with mild symptoms and no underlying chronic health issues (chronic lung or kidney disease, diabetes, immune suppression are examples) are advised to STAY HOME until symptoms (cough, fever) have resolved for 72 hours. But do call your primary care doctor’s office to find out if you need testing. If you have shortness of breath, you should go to the Emergency Room (but call first, or have someone call for you).
The Washington State Department of Health has set up a hotline if you have questions.
1 -800-525-0127 press #
Spokane is a strong community and we will get through this by working together to limit the spread, and to protect our medically vulnerable friends and neighbors. Thank you for helping us and each other in this challenging time.
