LOCATIONS
Meritus After Hours Pediatrics - Valley Mall
17301 Valley Mall Road
Suite 125
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Get DirectionsPhone: 301-302-7837
Fax: 301-302-7840
Office Hours
Estimated Total Stay
* The Total Stay is the total length of your visit from when you check-in until you are checked-out or discharged to go home.
Total stays will vary based on individual circumstances. All times are estimates.
About Meritus After Hours Pediatrics - Valley Mall
Meritus After Hours Pediatrics is a walk-in pediatric care facility, open after your primary care office is closed. Providers care for children up to age 21. (Please note that this location does not provide X-rays or lab work.) Our services include immediate care for sore throat, stomachache, earache and headache. Examination for the causes of rashes, high temperature, etc. Treatment of sprains, burns and laceration repair. Please note that lacerations will be evaluated in order to determine whether they can be treated at our facility or directed elsewhere. Treatment of minor eye illness or injury and mild to moderate asthma flare-ups.
Services Available
Urgent Care Services
When you or your child needs urgent medical attention for an injury or illness, the caring professionals at Meritus Health are here for you providing the expert care you need when and where you need it. With both in-person and virtual options, we can get you back on the road to recovery from things like earaches, sore throats and rashes to sprains and strains, mild-to-moderate asthma, as well as many other conditions.
Open seven days a week and with longer hours than most physician offices, our urgent care services are convenient and practical.
Urgent or Emergency?
Urgent Care or Emergency Room? Make the Right Call!
If it's a life-threatening injury or illness, go straight to the emergency room (which is sometimes best accomplished by calling 911). But what about non-life threatening illnesses like a sprained ankle, minor fracture, earache, sore throat, or fever? What if you have a minor injury or illness but no primary care physician?
An urgent care center may be a great choice for you. Staffed by physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, urgent care centers are a great alternative when most other doctor’s offices have already closed. Plus, an urgent care center may be closer to your home.
Conditions better treated at an urgent care center include:
- Minor aches and sprains
- Cold and flu
- Sore throat
- Fever
- Ear infection
- Allergic reactions
- Pink eye
- Rashes
- Insect bites and stings
Meritus Now providers offer virtual care appointments seven days a week for patients aged five and older. No need to download an app, schedule in less than one minute by answering a few simple questions.
The emergency room is generally used for life-threatening situations such as:
- Heart attack
- Stroke
- Severe burns
- Serious head injuries
- Poisoning
- Life-threatening allergic allergies
- Difficulty breathing