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Nine Testing Sites Available for Milwaukee’s North Side Neighborhoods

MILWAUKEE— Starting this week, the Wisconsin National Guard will be pausing COVID-19 testing at its Midtown Center.

Residents of Milwaukee’s North Side neighborhoods can still access diagnostic COVID-19 testing at nine area hospital systems and community health centers.

COVID-19 testing sites on Milwaukee’s North Side are offered by Ascension Wisconsin, Advocate Aurora Health, Froedtert the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Health Services, Inc., Outreach Community Health Centers and Progressive Community Health Centers.

Individuals will have the opportunity to speak with a nurse to:

 

Understand and identify COVID-19 symptoms

Learn what precautions to take while waiting for test results

Receive instructions on how to treat illness at home and keep family members safe from virus exposure

Help manage chronic conditions like diabetes and asthma while in isolation

Access medications, behavioral health services and other health care needs

Get connected to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, insurance coverage and other social services

 

 

Locations and Contact Information:

 

Milwaukee Health Services, Inc.

2555 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive

8200 W. Silver Spring Drive

(414) 372-8080

 

Outreach Community Health Centers

210 W. Capitol Drive

(414) 727-6320

 

Progressive Community Health Centers

3522 W. Lisbon Ave.

(414) 882-2040

 

Ascension St. Joseph

5000 W. Chambers Street

(833) 981-0711

 

Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Family Health Center

1121 W. North Ave.

(833) 981-0711

 

Ascension All Saints Family Heath Center

2400 W. Villard Ave.

(833) 981-0711

 

Aurora Health Center Midtown

5818 W. Capitol Drive

(877) 819-5034

 

Froedtert North Hills Health Center

W129 N7055 Northfield Dr.

Menomonee Falls, WI, 53051

(414) 372-8080

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