Testing Site Closed

Testing Site Closed All Week, Supply Shortage

Who are not complying with the coronavirus health order!

But first, we start with waay 31's rodneya ross.

She is live on governor's drive, where the huntsville fever and flu clinic is set to open in just a few hours.

Rodneya?

Those wanting to visit the drive-thru testing site at john hunt park won't be able to until the hospital receives more test kits...but that isn't the only obstacle the hospital is facing -- getting test results back is taking longer than it should.

Some people who were tested nearly two weeks ago -- are still waiting for results.

Huntsville hospital ceo david spillers told us this is because the labs the tests were sent to are backed up.

Spillers says this is a flaw in the system because we have the ability to process test results right in our backyard.

David spillers, huntsville hospital ceo "we have one of the largest hospital based labs in america sitting right behind our hospital, and for whatever reason the government chose allocate test kits to lab corp, quest and national labs.

And not to hospitals like ours where we could do immediate testing and turn it around quickly.

I think that's a flaw in the system that continues to be a flaw in the system.

That's why we are waiting 12 days and still don't