Screenings for breast and prostate cancer fell precipitously during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, indicating the potential danger health leaders have warned about, with patients potentially not receiving other needed medical care during the health crisis.
Web-based CommunityHELP offers Worcester County residents access to resources such as food, housing, healthcare
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
The city of Worcester, Reliant Medical Group and UMass Memorial Health Care have collaborated to allow easier access to to CommunityHELP, a web-based platform helping those in the community connect to resources such as food, housing, transportation, health and care.
Information about CommunityHELP can be accessed through a cellphone, tablet or laptop in 104 languages. The program’s purpose is to bridge the gap between the community and clinical systems. The online portal provides members of the community access to referrals at community organizations. Available programs can be searched by entering a zip code which will lead to sorted list of results for 10 category options.
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Editor s note: The portal s link has been added to the story.
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Where can you be tested for COVID-19 in Leominster?
Leominster Champion
Here are some of the locations in the Leominster area where you can be tested for COVID-19:
• Drive-through testing at HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital’s Leominster campus weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. A doctor’s order should be filed with the hospital lab before a test is performed. All patients must call (978) 466-2627 to register before getting in line.
• The former Sears Auto Center at The Mall at Whitney Field, for Reliant Medical Group patients only.
• ReadyMED at 241 North Main St. (Route 12), by appointment, only after a medical exam that deems it appropriate to perform a COVID-19 test.
Leominster Champion
The MedExpress urgent care center in Leominster has closed after three years and it will reopen Tuesday under new ownership.
The facility at 241 North Main St. (Route 12), across from UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital’s Leominster campus, shut down Dec. 31. It first opened in March 2018.
Annie Jamieson, a spokesperson for Pennsylvania-based MedExpress, did not provide a reason for the closure.
“It has been a privilege to serve patients in the Leominster community,” she said.
The building will not be empty for long, though, because on Tuesday it will become the first location in northern Worcester County of ReadyMED, a chain of urgent care centers operated by Reliant Medical Group.