Columbus's biggest hospital campuses, OhioHealth Riverside Methodist off Olentangy River Road, and Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center near Kenny Road, sit on opposite sides of a metro that keeps growing outward. Getting to either one usually means committing to I-71, I-670, or State Route 315 traffic on top of the appointment itself.
Patients coming from Dublin, Westerville, or Hilliard often cross I-270 just to reach a downtown or Olentangy-area infusion chair, then repeat the same loop for follow-up visits. One trip is manageable. Three or four over several weeks starts competing with work and childcare.
Clintonville and Grandview residents are closer geographically, but parking near a major hospital campus during business hours is its own time cost, circling a garage, walking in, checking in, then waiting for a chair to open up.
Oral iron is the usual first step, and for some people it's enough. For others, the gastrointestinal side effects make it hard to stick with for the three to six months it can take to see a real change. Going the infusion-center route instead means blocking off half a day around I-71 or 315 traffic, hospital parking, and a waiting room, which is a tall order for a new parent or someone juggling a full Columbus work schedule.
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