Mobile Healthcare and Wellness Clinic
The Mobile Healthcare and Wellness Clinic offers a multi-disciplinary healthcare team aiming to serve individuals experiencing inequitable access to healthcare provision. Many individuals who experience homelessness or live in extreme poverty face multiple systemic barriers that hinder their ability to address their healthcare needs. As a result, many people suffer with a declining of their overall health putting them even more at a disadvantage to living a quality of life they deserve. The Mobile Healthcare and Wellness team travels to encampments, shelters, and bridges where the need is greatest, offering immediate and ongoing primary care prevention, treatment, and counselling. A key function includes assisting individuals to navigate the broader community system of care to access services.
The Mobile Healthcare Clinic hosts a diverse, inter-professional team including:
- Physician
- Nurse
- Crisis Counsellor
- PEERS
- Indigenous Social Planner
- Medical Office Assistant
- Director of Mobile Healthcare Clinic
Services Offered:
- Wound Care
- STBBI Testing and Treatment
- (OAT) Opioid Agonist Therapy
- Prescription Renewal
- Regular Check-Ups
- Treatment for Minor Injuries
- Limited Lab Services
- Health Promotion and Education
- HIV Point of Care Testing
- Diabetes testing and treatment
- Pelvic Examinations
- Immunizations
- Mental Health Counselling and Resourcing
- Referrals to other health specialists
