Meritus After Hours Pediatrics - Medical Plaza

When you or your child needs urgent medical attention for an injury or illness, the caring professionals at Meritus Health are here for you providing the expert care you need when and where you need it. With both in-person and virtual options, we can get you back on the road to recovery from things like earaches, sore throats and rashes to sprains and strains, mild-to-moderate asthma, as well as many other conditions.

Open seven days a week and with longer hours than most physician offices, our urgent care services are convenient and practical. 

Urgent Care or Emergency Room? Make the Right Call!

If it's a life-threatening injury or illness, go straight to the emergency room (which is sometimes best accomplished by calling 911). But what about non-life threatening illnesses like a sprained ankle, minor fracture, earache, sore throat, or fever? What if you have a minor injury or illness but no primary care physician?

An urgent care center may be a great choice for you. Staffed by physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, urgent care centers are a great alternative when most other doctor’s offices have already closed. Plus, an urgent care center may be closer to your home.

Conditions better treated at an urgent care center include:

• Minor aches and sprains
• Cold and flu
• Sore throat
• Fever
• Ear infection
• Allergic reactions
• Pink eye
• Rashes
• Insect bites and stings

Meritus Now providers offer virtual care appointments seven days a week for patients aged five and older. No need to download an app, schedule in less than one minute by answering a few simple questions.

The emergency room is generally used for life-threatening situations such as:

• Heart attack
• Stroke
• Severe burns
• Serious head injuries
• Poisoning
• Life-threatening allergic allergies
• Difficulty breathing