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Tuesday, October 2, 2001
SHS Changes Prompt No Major Criticism
By Deb McCown
Staff Writer
Students are expressing varied reac
tions to reduced hours at Student Health
Service, but officials say there are addi
tional ways for students to get medical
care when the facility is closed.
SHS shortened its hours in May and
is now open from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. on
weekdays and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Saturdays and Sundays, said SHS
Associate Director Mary Covington.
Last year, SHS was open 24 hours a
day, seven days a week. But this year,
students still have access to health care
after hours, Covington said.
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“It’s not that we’re closed and you
just can’t get any help,” she said. “Now
we have the Healthlink number that you
can call and get advice.”
Healthlink is a free 24-hour service
that connects the caller to a registered
nurse who can give medical advice and
refer students to the emergency room if
it is necessary. The phone number for
Healthlink is 966-7890.
“We were looking at better ways to
serve the students, and there was not a
lot of demand from the students
(between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.),”
Covington said.
SHS also has a pilot program that
helps cover the cost of emergency room
University
visits in cases where students are
referred there by a Healthlink nurse or
have “a medical condition that obvious
ly warrants emergency department ser
vice,” Covington said.
The proposal for shortened hours
was presented to SHS’s advisory com
mittee, which includes both undergrad
uate and graduate students, last spring.
The new hours were approved and took
effect after graduation in May.
In another effort to make service
more efficient for students, SHS began
using a Practice Management System, a
computer system for scheduling visits
and appointments, in June.
Students have varied reactions to the
shorter hours -some said the new sys
tem is more efficient, and others said
they believe 24-hour access is preferable.
“I think it would be better if it was
open 24 hours because someone might
need immediate assistance,” said junior
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Dachia Pone. “Basically the emergency
room is for the public, and Student
Health is for students of the University,
so it should be available to us.”
But graduate student Alicia Whisnant
said SHS’s new hours suit her needs.
“The hospital is there for emergen
cies, so I don’t think someone needs to
come in for a cough at 2 a.m.,” she said.
Other students pointed out the close
proximity of UNC Hospitals as a reason
why SHS’s new hours don’t pose a sub
stantial problem.
“I don’t think it needs to be open
later than 11 o’clock at night, because
the emergency room is right over
there,” said sophomore Shelley Curran.
“I don’t know of any other clinics that
are open that late. Since we’re so close
to a hospital, it isn’t really necessary.”
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For the Record
The photo caption for the Sept. 28
article “Family Housing Provides Unique
Childhood Experience” incorrectly
identified the families in the photograph.
It should have read, “Jill Casey sits
with her two children, James Thomas
and Shelby, on the steps of their home
in Odum Village.”
The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error.
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