As reported Friday December 24:
The
NYC Health & Hospitals
contractor
DocGo Mobile
Covid Test and Vaccination Unit Van arrived for a Roosevelt Island
week long stay at Good Shepherd Plaza last Monday.
The mobil Covid 19 Test van was on Roosevelt Island from December 20-24 with
long 3-4 hour wait times in very cold weather.On December 31, Roosevelt Island resident Annemarie Van Roessel reported:
Thank you for all your work to document the news on Roosevelt Island. One
thing I haven’t seen mentioned in your coverage about the testing van that
was at Good Shepherd Plaza last week was the delay in getting results.
My daughter and I waited in line for 4 hrs and 24 minutes (I was keeping a
stopwatch on my phone) on Dec 22nd and we are both still waiting for results
today, Dec 31st. My results are still “pending”, but there’s nothing at all
noted for my daughter, which suggests her test samples were totally lost
(this was at the point when their printer was broken and they were
hand-writing our information on labels to affix to the test swab
bags.)
Of course any results are beyond useless at this point, but I just found the
whole thing to be an enormous fiasco. I have emailed the testing company
twice over the last 9 days to ask when our results would be reported, but
they just send an auto-reply FAQ and close my tickets.
Is this company getting paid for tests that were never completed? That seems
like a big scam to me. And maybe there are others like us who waited for
hours in the cold for absolutely nothing? I’m thinking of reporting to RIOC
and Ms. Seawright about my very disappointing experience.
I replied:
I have been working on a story about the test results and getting comments
from residents on
Roosevelt Islander Instagram page.
Among the
Roosevelt Islander Instagram
comments about the December 20-24 Mobil Unit Covid 19 test results were:
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My fiancée got hers on Monday and waited 2 hours, got results 48hrs
after,
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I got tested on Thursday 12/23 afternoon, received my results on Sunday
morning 12/26,
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90 minutes wait time on 12/24, swabbed about 2:30pm. Rcvd results
around 3am 12/27.
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Got ours back after 50 hours,
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I never got my result. I was told my sample got damaged in the
transit. It was such a waste of my 3.5 hours.
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We never received our results. Waiting 3 hrs on Wednesday of last week
12-22!!! Are you kidding?,
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Got my results in 3 days
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I stood in line for 3 hours and still haven’t gotten my results. It’s
been 1 week.
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Three days for me. Four for my husband.I got swabbed on 12/22 at exactly noon. It is 12/29 and I haven’t
received any results yet, neither there’s a phone or email to
contact the provider.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 NYC health services at is best
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STILL waiting on mine and took my test on 12/22
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After 4 hours waiting in the line, we didn’t receive our result yet…
we got tested on 12/22…….
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No results. No response. No nothing. That three hours in the cold
was sure worth my time.
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Tested 12/22, no results.
According to NYC Health Department, the Roosevelt Island 10044 Zip Code Covid 19 hospitalization data during most
recent 28 day period of November 23 - December 20 shows 7 people hospitalized
for a rate of 60 per 100 Thousand people. Will show the next 28 day period
Roosevelt Island Hospitalization data when it becomes available.
There have been no
Roosevelt Island Covid 19 deaths
during this 28 day period.
According to NYC Health Department, the most recent 7 Day Covid Testing Data from December 25 - 31 for
Roosevelt Island (Zip Code 10044 ) shows 560 people tested and 152 Positive
Cases for a rate of 27.14%.
The 7 Day Covid Testing Data from December 22 - 28 for
Roosevelt Island (Zip Code 10044 ) shows 775 people tested and 159 Positive
Cases for a rate of 20.52%.
The 7 Day Covid Testing Data from December 21 - 27 for Roosevelt Island (Zip
Code 10044 ) shows 994 people tested and 182 Positive Cases for a rate of
18.31%.
The 7 Day Covid Testing Data from December 19 - 25 for Roosevelt Island (Zip
Code 10044 ) shows 1159 people tested and 201 Positive Cases for a rate of
17.34%.
The 7 Day Covid Testing Data from December 18 - 24 for Roosevelt Island (Zip
Code 10044 ) shows 1030 people tested and 145 Positive Cases for a rate of
14.08%.
As previously reported the:
... 7 Day Covid Testing Data from December 13 - 19 for Roosevelt Island (Zip
Code 10044 ) shows 980 people tested and 79 Positive Cases for a rate of
8.06%....
...
7 Day Covid Testing Data
from December 11 - 17, on Roosevelt Island (Zip Code 10044 ) shows 835
people tested and 51 Positive Case for a rate of 6.11%
7 Day Covid Testing Data
from December 10 - 16, on Roosevelt Island (Zip Code 10044 ) shows 778
people tested and 36 Positive Case for a rate of 4.63%
7 Day Covid Testing Data
from December 7 - 13 for Roosevelt Island (Zip Code 10044 ) - 813 people
were tested and 33 Positive Case for a rate of 4.06%.
7 Day Covid Testing Data
from December 6 - 12, when the
Covid Mobile Test Van was here
on Roosevelt Island (Zip Code 10044 ), 973 people were tested resulting in
30 Positive Case for a rate of 3.08%.
7 Day Covid Testing Data
from November 24 - November 30 for Roosevelt Island Zip Code 10044
shows 578 people tested and 15 Positive Case for a rate of 2.6%...
UPDATE 9:45 PM:
Instagram comments included:
- Got a message that my sample was destroyed. No thanks for the 3.5 hours I waited out in the cold. Very disappointed by this service.
- I got the same thing today and got tested the same morning (12/22). It’s probably because their printer wasn’t working that day and they had to manually write everything down.
- Tested 12/22. Got results today. TNP. So, no results! An utter waste of three hours. Cold hours.
UPDATE 10:40 PM - Roosevelt Island Historical Society President Judy Berdy adds:
TWO FRIENDS OF MINE WENT TO BELLEVUE THIS WEEKEND. BOTH
HAD RESULTS WITHIN 28 HOURS. THEY COMPLEMENTED THE EXCELLENT SERVICE AND BEING IN AN INDOOR SPACE THAT IS LARGE AND WELL VENTILATED. ALL VACCINES AND BOOSTERS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE THERE FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
I am distressed to hear that neighbors have not received results from PCR tests taken at the mobile unit days ago. My test at Bellevue e-mailed me results in 24 hours. Please use our municipal system that is here to serve every person, no questions asked.
TWO RELIABLE, FREE AND PERMANENT TESTING SITES ARE OUR MUNICPAL HOSPITALS. BELLEVUE HAS LARGE AND WELL ORGANIZED INDOOR WAITING AREAS FOR VACCINATONS, BOOSTERS AND TESTING.
THIS IS A MUCH BETTER IDEA THAT FREEZING ON A LONG LINE FOR POP-UP TESTING.
TAKE THE NYC FERRY AND BELLEVUE IS A QUICK WALK ON FIRST AVENUE OR METROPOLITAN IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE 96 STREET Q TRAIN(YOU CAN TAKE NYC FERRY TO 90 STREET DOCK FOR A WALK UP TO MET)
NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue
462 First Avenue New York, New York 10016
212-562-5555
NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan
1901 First Avenue
New York, New York 10029
COVID-19 Testing and Antibody Testing Offered Here Monday – Friday Sunday, Walk Ins: 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
