MD Now Urgent Care – the largest and fastest growing provider of urgent care and occupational medicine services in South Florida announces its availability today as a certified source for screening and testing of Obstructive Sleep Apnea – now a required part of all DOT physical exams. With multiple urgent care centers located across Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties and more on the way, MD Now Urgent Care Centers is addressing the growing need of commercial driver testing for Sleep Apnea disorders.
A recent Metro-North Railroad derailment in the Bronx earlier this month brought to light the need for such testing. A veteran engineer admitted nodding off while operating the speeding train and woke up too late to stop the crash that killed four people and injured dozens.
According to a study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania and sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the American Transportation Research Institute of the American Trucking Association, a shocking one-third of commercial truck drivers have mild to severe sleep apnea.
