![]() The path to this moment has not been long - COVID-19 was only officially named in early February - but it has been tortuous. “More test results will start to create a clearer picture of what we want to do next, what we want to happen next.” An emerging crisis “I think we’re getting to the point, with our increasing testing capacity, that we can start figuring out how to use testing as a weapon to reverse the pandemic,” said Steve Gonias, MD, PhD, chief of pathology services for UC San Diego Health and chair of the Department of Pathology at UC San Diego School of Medicine. ![]() “We need to ask, ‘What is our moral position? How do we think about this crisis in a way that makes sense not just for us and our patients, but across the region?’” “One of the obligations we have as an academic medical center and a place with deep experience and expertise in times like these is how do we think about testing,” said Patty Maysent, CEO of San Diego Health. Together, we are inventing new technologies, developing effective therapies and treatments, and making fundamental scientific discoveries.”Īt UC San Diego Health, teams of doctors, scientists and administrators have worked hard to fill gaps and needs in COVID-19 testing, making measurable, remarkable progress, moving from crisis mode in early days to a broader, more thoughtful approach that addresses not just the continuing and urgent needs of patients, staff and students, but the wellness and future of the larger community. “Long distinguished by non-traditional thinking, UC San Diego is rising to the challenge of this current public health crisis to meet the needs of our local and global communities through cross-discipline collaborations and creative partnerships with industry. “Pandemics require an extra dose of determination, fortitude and innovation,” said UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Testing shortages have hindered health care systems around the world, spurring extraordinary efforts to find and implement testing strategies. The clinic seeks suggestions through its website for future testing locations.From the beginning, the ability of front line clinicians to test patients for COVID-19 - to determine whether a person is infected with the disease-causing novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 - has been part and parcel of the pandemic. The clinic’s other site is at 1025 Westminster Mall in Westminster. Matthew Abinante of Huntington Beach-based Elevated Health. The cost is $75.ĬOVID Clinic was founded by a group led by Dr. An antibody test option is also listed on COVID Clinic’s site. Those seeking the test fill out a pre-test enrollment form on the clinic’s website. Monday through Sunday, offers a nasal-swab COVID-19 test. COVID Clinic applied to use the location through the college’s civic permit process. MiraCosta is not affiliated with the testing site, college communications director Kristen Huyck told the North Coast Current. The location is one of two operated by the group and is the clinic’s only site in San Diego County right now, according to COVID Clinic’s website. ![]() The site opened Monday, April 13, in the campus parking lot at 3333 Manchester Ave. ![]() Drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing is available in Encinitas with the launch of a COVID Clinic site at MiraCosta College’s San Elijo campus in Cardiff.
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