Drive up COVID testing starts Jan. 31 at VA Bedford HCS

Map of the location of drive-up COVID-19 testing at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital

COVID-19 drive-up testing for Veterans is available in parking lot 7 between buildings 2 and 10 as indicated on the map (circled in red) of Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts.

By Kat Bailey, VA Heart of Texas Healthcare Network Chief Communications Officer

January 31, 2022

BEDFORD, Massachusetts--VA Bedford now offers drive-up COVID testing for Veterans in a new location in the parking lot between the main hospital entrance at building 2 (red steps) and the library, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Upon arrival, Veterans will park in the spots designated by bright yellow signs, call the number posted on the signs in each spot: 781-687-4000, and a health care professional will come out to perform the swab.

Veterans should factor in up to a 45-minute appointment cycle for rapid antigen tests, with results available on site; otherwise, they will be notified of their COVID test results by their clinical team.

Veterans getting a PCR test may leave afterwards and will be notified of their results by their clinical team.

Veterans who routinely used the handicapped parking in lot 7 may now parkin the newly designated handicapped parking in front of building 1.