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When patients arrive at Medical Arts Hospital for their regular injections or for blood tests, nurses decked out in protective medical gear meet them in the parking lot. Nurses came up with the drive-up idea of giving out injections or taking blood samples outside the hospital about six weeks ago. They deem it a great success, but it does have its downside. It is difficult treating older patients sitting in car seats. Nurses have to fight the elements – the wind, the cold – along with dealing with the heat of clothing keeping them safe from possible COVID-19 contamination. The outdoors provides ...

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Lamesa Press-Reporter

P.O. Box 710
Lamesa, TX 79331
806-872-2177