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We provide our patients with 24-hour coverage for their orthopaedic emergencies. There is always an OAA physician on-call. The on-call physician is available through our main number at (706) 722-3401. When the office is closed, our answering service will take your name and number. The physician on-call will telephone you as soon as possible. This may not be your usual physician, so be prepared to answer some health history questions for the on-call physician if needed. It is important that you keep your line free so that the physician can reach you easily. If the on-call physician has not responded in a reasonable amount of time, please feel free to call back.
We encourage patients with questions regarding their medications or prescriptions to call during our regular office hours (Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST). If you are calling off-hours, please have the pharmacy telephone number ready for the physician. Office policy is not to call in narcotic pain medications after hours or on weekends. Pain severe enough to require narcotic pain medication may be a symptom of a serious medical condition. The physician on-call will most likely require the patient to report to the nearest emergency department for further evaluation instead of prescribing narcotic pain medication “blindly” over the phone.
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