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How do you define an “emergency?” This is a situation that would require urgent attention. There are different scenarios in your life which you may believe may be an emergency but you also cannot deny the fact that being sick or getting injured also requires that you get to an urgent care clinic at the soonest possible time. Admittedly, it is not easy to decide if you would need to go to the hospital or a clinic that is open 24 hours a day. It will depend on how grave your condition is. If you have serious illness or injury but it is not a life or death situation, going to an urgent care clinic will prove to be sufficient.

Know More About Our Services

We make it a point to open our urgent care clinic to people of all ages. It does not matter whether the patient is young or old. We are always available to provide you with what you need. We do not need a physical referral before you can be treated for your current condition. You also do not need to worry about paying for our services as we accept different modes of payments depending on what will be most convenient for you.

What Can I Expect to Get?

The moment that you arrive at the urgent care clinic, you can expect that you will already be assessed for whatever condition you are suffering from. We will make sure that we will know the information needed so that you can be treated for your condition. Our team of medical professionals are adept in handling different types of situations so you will be informed about the different treatments that you may have to undergo. If in case you cannot get into the clinic, you can also contact us and our medical team will be in charge of going to you.

Immunization Vaccination

We at On Call Medical Clinic know that Immunizations Vaccinations have had an enormous impact on improving the health of children in the United States. Most parents today have never seen first-hand the devastating consequences that vaccine-preventable diseases have on a child, a family, or community. While these diseases are not common in the U.S., they persist around the world. It is important that we continue to protect our children with vaccines because outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like pertussis, mumps, and measles can and do occur in this country.

Immunizations Vaccinations are some of the best ways parents can protect infants, children, and teens from 16 potentially harmful diseases. Vaccine-preventable diseases can be very serious, may require hospitalization, or even be deadly — especially in infants and young children.

It is recommended that your children have immunizations vaccinations at the following times in their lives.

• Birth
• 1 to 2 months
• 4 months
• 7 to 11 months
• 12 to 23 months
• 2 to 3 years
• 4 to 6 years
• 7 to 10 years
• 11 to 12 years
• 13 to 18 years

You can consult your primarily care doctor as to what immunization vaccination is needed at those times for your children or you can contact us at 228 818-5155 at any time and we would be glad to help. We at On Call Medical Clinic can complete  the vaccinations for you 7 days a week. Besides Urgent Care Services, we also can complete work and school related physicals. We also offer many skin care services as well. Please visit our website at www.oncallclinic.com to see all the services we offer, and remember if you have a minor injurty or illness and you doctor’s office is closed, we are here 7 days a week to help get you back up and going.

As an urgent care clinic, we would like to make sure that you will get the best services possible for your non-life threatening situation. We can provide laboratory tests if in case you need it in order to find results for your underlying medical condition. At the same time, we provide other types of services that you can get whenever you need to. You are not required to go to the hospital anymore and wait as other emergencies will be prioritized first. With us at On Call Medical Clinic of Ocean Springs, you can be assured that you will get the services that you rightfully deserve.

What We Do

Aside from our laboratory tests, we make sure that we will make the lives of all of our patients easier. We offer cost effective treatments especially when compared to the price of the services available at hospitals. We also make sure that our medical staff is available even during off peak hours because we know that you do not choose when you get sick. Instead of paying the high fees for laboratory tests at hospitals, we can offer the same service for lesser fees.

Our Goals

We make sure that we provide the urgent care needed by patients no matter what time of the day. We personalize our services to our different patients consistently. Our team of friendly, compassionate and professional staff will make sure that you will get the right services that your health needs and laboratory tests results. We know how much you need to be treated with kindness and compassion especially when you are not feeling well.
We encourage you to get to know more about us by contacting us. You can ask us regarding our laboratory tests as well as other services that we offer. As long as you have a non – life threatening condition, you can rely on us.

We at On Call Medical Clinic understand how hard it is to become sick. You do not plan to be sick. There are times when you just get into minor accidents that will require immediate but not emergency care. Our main goal is to provide reliable urgent care Biloxi, MS so that you will get the relief that you are searching for.

Another one of our goals is to make sure that we will provide not only reliable services but services that are full of care and compassion. Our services include those that are related to basic physicals, treatment of certain types of illnesses and even check – ups. We make sure that we will take care of you.

Our Competent Staff Members

Aside from our urgent care Biloxi, MS services, you can rely on our professional and compassionate staff. We would like to make your experience as positive as possible so you would not feel disregarded. The best thing about the urgent care Biloxi, MS services that we are offering is you need not worry about the high costs. We can assure you that our costs are much lower than the costs that will be charged when you go to the emergency room.

We Will Welcome You 24/7

What we can assure you is that we will never close our doors on you. If you need us, we will be there for you. We will make sure that we will provide the quality urgent care Biloxi, MS that you require from us. You can contact us if you want our medical staff to go to your house or if you want to be picked up to be brought to the clinic. If we believe that your case can be warranted an emergency, we can take you to the nearest hospital so that you will get the emergency care that you deserve.

 

We at On Call Medical Clinic want to share some information with you in an effort to hopefully help you be aware of the flu situation this year and what precautions you need to take.

Below are some common questions and answers.

What’s new this season?

A few things are new this season:

• Only injectable  shots are recommended this season.
• Vaccines have been updated to better match circulating viruses.
• There will be some new vaccines on the market this season.
• The recommendations for vaccination of people with egg allergies have changed.

What flu vaccines are recommended this season?

This season, only injectable vaccines (flu shots) should be used. Some flu shots protect against three  viruses and some protect against four  viruses.

Options this season include:

• Standard dose flu shots. Most are given into the muscle (usually with a needle, but one can be given to some people with a jet injector). One is given into the skin.
• A high-dose shotfor older people.
• A shot made with adjuvantfor older people.
• A shot made with virus grown in cell culture.
• A shot made using a vaccine production technology (recombinant vaccine) that does not require the use of flu virus.

Live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) – or the nasal spray vaccine – is not recommended for use during the 2016-2017 season because of concerns about its effectiveness.

What viruses do 2016-2017 flu vaccines protect against?

There are many viruses and they are constantly changing. The composition of U.S. vaccines is reviewed annually and updated to match circulating flu viruses. Vaccines protect against the three or four viruses that research suggests will be most common. For 2016-2017, three-component vaccines are recommended to contain:

• A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus,
• A/Hong Kong/4801/2014 (H3N2)-like virus and a
• B/Brisbane/60/2008-like virus (B/Victoria lineage).

Four component vaccines are recommended to include the same three viruses above, plus an additional B virus called B/Phuket/3073/2013-like virus (B/Yamagata lineage).

When and how often should I get vaccinated?

Everyone 6 months and older should get a vaccine every year by the end of October, if possible. However, getting vaccinated later is OK. Vaccination should continue throughout the flu season, even in January or later. Some children who have received flu vaccine previously and children who have only received one dose in their lifetime, may need two doses of flu vaccine. A health care provider can advise on how many doses a child should get.

This information was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

We at On Call Medical Clinic hope that this information was valuable to you. Please remember when taken down by the flu and your doctor’s office is not open, that we have doctors and nurses waiting to help 7 days a week. We also have the laboratory and other equipment available to quickly diagnosis your illness and provide a sound recommendation to get you well soon. Please call us at 228 818-5155 if we can help.