CHKD has opened the region’s third urgent care center exclusively for infants, children and teens. The new CHKD Health Center and Urgent Care at Tech Center is located at 680 Oyster Point Road in Newport News and is open from 4 to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday.

CHKD Urgent Care provides care for common illnesses and injuries of childhood including colds, flu, sinus and ear infections, asthma, vomiting, diarrhea, sports and orthopedic injuries and suturing for cuts that need stitches. Families can skip the wait for urgent care services by using a convenient “Save My Spot” link to understand wait times and hold a place in line for their child. Visit CHKD.org/UrgentCare for more information.

In addition to urgent care, the CHKD Health Center and Urgent Care at Tech Center offers sports medicine primary care and physical therapy as well as X-ray and lab services by appointment from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Walk-in X-ray and lab services are available during urgent care hours, from 4 to 11 p.m., Monday through Friday.  Weekend hours will begin in January, 2017.

About Caroline Campbell

Prior to joining CHKD as a physician liaison, Campbell worked for four years as an exercise physiologist and business development manager for NovaCare Rehabilitation and was responsible for outpatient physical therapy facilities in Delaware, Maryland, Southeast Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. She has a Bachelors of Science degree in exercise science from the University of Delaware, with a concentration in kinesiology and applied physiology and a minor in Spanish.