MEDIA CONTACT Cara Wade(501) 202-1402 Cara.Wade@baptist-health.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 23, 2020

Baptist Health Opens COVID-19 Testing Sites Throughout Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Baptist Health, in response to Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s two-day campaign for COVID-19 testing, is opening testing sites throughout Arkansas.

The Arkansas Department of Health is advising any resident with symptoms like fever, cough or shortness of breath to get tested. Those wishing to be tested should call their health care provider first, and follow their guidance.

Baptist Health will have testing available (while supplies last) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25, in the following cities:

Arkadelphia: 10 Montgomery Drive, parking lot of Baptist Health Family Clinic-Caddo Valley Conway: 625 United Drive, behind Baptist Health-Conway Fort Smith: 7200 South Zero St., Ben Geren Park Heber Springs: 20 Baptist Health Drive, behind Baptist Health-Heber Springs Little Rock: 1120 Medical Center Drive, parking lot of The Inn at Baptist Health Malvern: 1001 Schneider Drive, behind Baptist Health-Hot Spring County North Little Rock: 3333 Springhill Drive, east entrance of Baptist Health-North Little Rock Stuttgart: 1609 North Medical Drive, parking lot of Baptist Health Stuttgart Medical Clinic

For questions about testing sites set up by Baptist Health, please call the 24/7 COVID-19 information hotline at 1-888-BAPTIST. The hotline is staffed by nurses to help residents better understand their conditions and receive direction on next steps for care should they be concerned about exposure to COVID-19.

Additional information about the health care system’s response to the pandemic is available at baptist-health.com.

Baptist Health is Arkansas’ most comprehensive health care organization with more than 200 points of access that include 11 hospitals; urgent care centers; a senior living community and over 100 primary and specialty care clinics in Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. The system additionally offers a college with studies in nursing and allied health; a graduate residency program; and access to virtual care anytime, anywhere. Baptist Health, as the largest not-for-profit health care organization based in Arkansas, provides care to patients wherever they are through the support of approximately 11,000 employees, groundbreaking treatments, renowned physicians and community outreach programs. For more information about Baptist Health, visit baptist-health.com, call Baptist Health HealthLine at 1-888-BAPTIST or download the myBaptistHealth app. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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