COVID 19 Testing

For Immediate Release

Cris Stovall

901-239-6428

Cris.stovall@christchs.org

 

 

 

Christ Community to Offer COVID 19 Testing in Frayser and Hickory Hill

 

Memphis, TN – Christ Community Health Services is offering drive-through COVID 19 testing this Friday, April 17, at Christ Community Hickory Hill 5366 Mendenhall Mall from 2-4 pm and at Christ Community Health Services Frayser 969 Frayser Blvd. Saturday, April 18, from 9-11 am.

 

The expansion of COVID 19 testing into the Hickory Hill and Frayser Raleigh communities is to ensure that COVID 19 testing is accessible to those individuals within the North Memphis and the Hickory Hill areas that have not been tested and are presenting symptom. Individuals who wish to be tested are asked to make an appointment by texting: test2020 to 91999 or calling Christ Community Heath Services at 901-842-3160.

 

Since testing begins on March 21, Christ Community Health Services has tested over 500 individuals. The need for COVID 19 testing in medically underserved areas of Memphis and Shelby County is great, and Christ Community Health Services is working to fill the COVID 19 testing gaps.

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Christ Community Health Services (www.christcommunityhealth.org) Christ Community currently has eight health centers strategically located in underserved areas in Shelby County, providing pediatric and adult primary care, dental, behavioral health, and pharmacy, prenatal and obstetric/gynecological services to over 57,000 patients annually. At present, Christ Community is the largest provider of the medically underserved in Shelby County. Christ Community has focused on fulfilling the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of the underserved, the uninsured, and the homeless in the Memphis community since 1995. The mission is to provide high-quality health care, recognizing that Jesus Christ is the true healer of individuals and their communities and the source of our ability to serve.

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