Student Health Services
Our Mission: To provide holistic and comprehensive care to Albion College students.
Service Hours
Student Health Services is open 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. for walk-in appointments.
Appointments with the doctor or the physician assistant are available Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 1:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m., or from 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning. To schedule an appointment, call 517/629-0220 during our regular office hours.
If you have a medical emergency after office hours, please call Campus Safety at 517/629-1234 or, for cell phones, 517/629-0911.
Student Health Services is located at 1003 E. Cass St., in the Cass Street Building. Our telephone number is 517/629-0220 or ext. 0220.
Emergency Care
If you or someone you know requires emergency medical care, on campus call Campus Safety from a campus phone at ext. 0911, from a cell phone call 517/629-0911, or go to the nearest hospital emergency room.
Twenty-four-hour-a-day emergency services can be accessed at Oaklawn Hospital in Marshall (12 miles) or Foote Hospital in Jackson (15 miles). If you have the following life-threatening symptoms, it is important that you receive emergency treatment immediately:
- No breathing or pulse
- Unconsciousness
- Difficulty breathing
- Severe bleeding
- Head or neck injury
- Choking
- Severe sudden onset abdominal pain
- Drug overdose or alcohol poisoning
- Displaced fracture
- Severe sudden onset testicular pain
- Diabetic emergencies
If you are on campus, you should call Campus Safety at ext. 0911 or ext. 1234 so that an ambulance can be contacted. If you are off campus you should call 911.
Sick After Hours?
For symptoms that are not life-threatening when Student Health Services is closed, call MY Nurse 24/7 toll-free at 1-866/549-5083 for advice from Registered Nurses and follow their instructions.
In these situations, Campus Safety can only transport you to a hospital after hours with prior authorization from MY Nurse 24/7.
Try the Online Self-Care Guide (Current Albion students will need to log in with their network ID and password.)
Student Health Services Payment Policy
Student Health Services will no longer accept payments (cash, check, or credit card) for services not covered by Wellness Access. Any and all charges incurred at Student Health Services will be posted to your student account. You can make payment in the Accounting Office, located on the first floor of the Ferguson Student Services Building.
Should you prefer to pay for services rendered and avoid the charges being posted to your student account, the balance will be due within 30 days of the date of service. A receipt for the amount due will be given to you at the time of service. The charges may be paid in the Accounting Office. If the balance is not paid within 30 days, the charge will be added to your student account as a "Student Health Services Charge."
Please feel free to contact Student Health Services with any questions or concerns regarding our new payment policy.
Consent Is Sexy
Sexual assault is any unwanted sexual contact that is coerced through threats or physical force, or any sexual contact that occurs while the victim is not able to give consent, such as while intoxicated.
To report a sexual assault, call any of these offices:
- Campus Safety at ext. 1234 or 0911.
- Counseling Services at ext. 0236
- Student Health Services at ext. 0220
- Sexual Assault Services 888/383-2192 (toll-free)
You have the right to report a sexual assault.
Sexual Assault and Harassment Procedures
Help protect yourself and others from illness! Please wash your hands!
Most germs are harmless, but you can pick up some that cause illnesses when you forget to wash your hands. Washing your hands, and washing them properly with soap and water, is the most effective way to prevent the spread of germs. Spreading germs to others or giving them to ourselves happens when we touch our eyes, mouths, noses or wounds with unclean hands. Remember soap, water, friction and an adequate amount of time is what is needed to clean your hands. How long to wash? The time it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" is an adequate amount of time. Liquid alcohol-based hand sanitizers are a good substitute for washing when soap and water are not available. Remember: "Scrub well and Scrub often."
If you are having respiratory or stomach illness, remember to check out the Self-Care Guide on-line or contact MY Nurse 24/7 toll-free at 866/549-5083 to speak with an after-hours triage nurse.