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COVID-19: Self-care guidance

If you have tested positive for COVID-19, contact your Welia Health provider to let them know. They may have further instructions or be able to answer questions you may have as you rest and recover at home. Self care at home Most people recover successfully from COVID-19 at home. When caring for yourself at home,…

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Join us for free, virtual fitness classes at Welia Center! Download the calendar below and fit us in your schedule. February Wellbeats CalendarDownload February Wellbeats Class DescriptionsDownload Find information about Welia Center memberships here!

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Keeping You Safe

Welia Health is committed to keeping you safe. As a community leader in healthcare, we treat our patients like family and during a time like this, we are honored by the trust you have placed in us as your healthcare provider. Along with preparing to care for COVID-19 patients, Welia Health has continuously revised its…

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Curbside COVID-19 Testing

How do I get tested? Welia Health offers curbside testing for COVID-19, allowing you to get tested without leaving your car. Inclement weather and scheduled curbside testing changeSignage will be posted during times of inclement weather and patients will be asked to park curbside and enter the building for testing. Call 320.679.1313 or 320.629.7505 to…

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Please read through the important updates regarding testing, medications, quarantine and isolation guidelines. We appreciate our patients and communities who continue to remain flexible and understanding as case counts rise in our communities. Testing If you have mild – to – moderate COVID-like symptoms, review testing options by using at-home tests, community testing sites or…

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Medication therapies Welia Health offers several medication therapies for individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19. The use of these medications is prioritized based on those who are most at risk of severe COVID-19 complications. A scoring system, called M-MASS scoring, is used to evaluate those most at risk. At this time, when demand for…

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Navigating exposure and symptoms If you believe you have been exposed to, or are experiencing symptoms of, COVID-19, please review and following these recommendations. Exposure Exposure is any close contact with someone who: has tested positive and has symptoms orhas tested positive without symptoms Interaction and close contact Close contact with others includes: being within…

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Notice from Welia Health

To keep our patients and staff safe, the Diabetes Support Groups held in both Mora and Pine City will be canceled until further notice. An announcement will be made on the Welia Health website and posted on social media channels when they will resume. Thank you for your continued understanding.

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Beth, Kempf, APRN, CNP Help us welcome Beth Kempf, CNP, to Welia Health. Beth is a family medicine provider who will see patients primarily at the Hinckley campus. Beth believes that compassionate care is achieved by listening to patients’ concerns while encouraging active participation in one’s own personal health goals. Appointments with Beth can be…

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Welcome to a new era in care

Welia Health, formerly FirstLight Health System, recently completed an extensive, multi-phase expansion in Mora. The undertaking, which broke ground in the spring of 2017, added roughly 83,000 square feet and modernized virtually every space within the hospital and clinic. The $52 million project secured the organization’s ability to: accommodate growth in surrounding communities,offer additional patient…

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