VCU Health announces new COVID-19 clinic for patients with chronic symptoms
Published Wednesday, Jun. 9, 2021, 9:58 am
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A new VCU Health clinic is one of the first in Virginia dedicated to providing comprehensive care to individuals with chronic symptoms from COVID-19. The VCU Health Long COVID-19 Clinic will open to existing VCU Health patients, who have been referred by their provider, this Thursday.
“Many patients are experiencing chronic symptoms, whether they were hospitalized or weren’t even sick enough to be in the hospital. This clinic will give patients an opportunity to see specialists from a range of areas who can help them manage these long-term symptoms,” said Wes Shepherd, M.D., a lung specialist in the Medical Respiratory ICU and Interventional Pulmonary Program a