Doctor’s offices eliminate waiting rooms during outbreak

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The coronavirus outbreak has forced doctor’s offices to make changes in how nurses and doctors interact with patients.

Alger Pediatrics in Grand Rapids no longer allows patients in the waiting rooms. Nurses are calling patients prior to any appointments and asking them to call from the parking lot to announce their arrival.

The nurses then walk up to the cars, wearing masks and gloves, to assess if the patient should walk in through the sick door or the healthy door, and take patients directly to exam rooms.

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