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Le Bonheur Urgent Care Centers - Tuesday, Feb. 6 Le Bonheur Urgent Care Centers are designed to provide convenient access, fast treatment, and quality care. Because each facility has x-ray and lab capabilities, most problems can be handled on-site. In most cases, patients receive treatment without going to a hospital emergency room. The Urgent Care Centers provided after hour services to children who are suffering from minor illnesses and injuries that don't require a trip to the emergency room.
Some of these conditions include cold and flu symptoms, muscle sprains and strains, a skin rash, a cut that may need stitches, sunburn or a minor burn, most types of abdominal pain (if the pain is so severe that the child cannot take oral fluids, treatment should take place in an emergency room), sore throat, earache, asthma, nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea. No appointment is necessary. There are three convenient locations: -
8035 Club Parkway in Cordova - 901-758-6000 -
8071 Winchester Road at Hacks Cross - 901-756-9634 -
806 Estate Place just off Poplar in East Memphis -901-287-4000
Le Bonheur Urgent Care Centers - Wednesday, Feb. 7
FMRI - Thursday, Feb. 8 Methodist University Hospital is the first hospital in the Memphis area to offer functional imaging in a clinical setting with its brand new fully configured, state-of-the-art, high-definition magnetic resonance (HDMR) scanner. The Signa Excite 3.0T HD system from GE Healthcare also provides 3-D images as high-definition television. Doctors stimulate the brain in several ways as they map out active areas in the brain. For instance, patients may be asked to listen to music and the part of the brain that is activated will light up in color, telling doctors this is an area they do not want to disturb.
Patients may also be asked to hold a ball and squeeze it, move an arm or a leg, or put on a pair of goggles and follow an image with their eyes. Doctors map the active brain areas and can clearly see what segments of the brain they do not want to enter during surgery. This mapping gives a detailed analysis of critical areas of the brain providing individualized surgical planning to preserve these important parts of the brain. This ability to clearly map active areas of the brain has had a dramatic effect on how doctors perform surgery. Physicians know the general areas of the brain where speech, memory, movement and other functions take place. However, the exact location can vary from patient to patient. Functional imaging allows doctors to customize each patient's surgery, thus advancing patient care.
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