St. Albans Urgent Care Expanding Weekend Hours This Fall 

Starting in October, NMC’s St. Albans Urgent Care clinic will be open longer on the weekend, offering greater access to care when you need it.   Urgent Care in St. Albans will now be open from 8 am to 7 pm seven days a week, increasing Saturday and Sunday hours when primary care offices are closed.   …

You may have noticed a change in the way NMC’s Urgent Care clinics handle testing for Strep Throat. Previously, NMC used a rapid strep test, and then followed up with an additional PCR test if the rapid test came back negative. Because falsely negative results are not uncommon, providers often requested this second test.   Going forward, rather than conducting two tests for most patients, …

Northwestern Medical Center has hired Jonathan Billings as the hospital’s new Chief Executive Officer. Billings most recently served as Interim CEO as well as NMC’s Chief Operating Officer, and starts in the permanent CEO role immediately.  “The Board of Directors is excited and honored to support Jonathan in this new role as CEO” said Barb …

Northwestern Medical Center recently completed an upgrade project to replace its CT (Cat Scan) equipment, bringing improvements in imaging speed, quality and privacy. The project involved renovation inside the existing department to expand the CT suite, adding two triage rooms and new waiting area for patients. “This space will allow us to grow over the …

Earlier this week our Urgent Care clinic in Georgia experienced a broken water pipe inside a wall, which resulted in a large leak that saturated walls and insulation within the walls. Work to remove the insulation and repair the walls will begin on Monday, August 21.   Urgent Care services will not be available in Georgia …

NMC will soon kick off a construction project to fully renovate the Emergency Department to increase privacy, safety and efficiency.   NMC’s Emergency Department (ED) facility is more than three decades old and changes are needed to meet the needs of the community, including moving away from curtained bays to private patient spaces, additional space …

The State of Vermont is closing all state-run COVID-19 testing centers, including the one run by NMC at Valley Crossroads in St. Albans. That clinic will close on June 25. The community can get COVID-19 testing at Northwestern Medical Center’s Urgent Care clinics in Georgia and St. Albans. NMC offers both symptomatic and asymptomatic testing …