New urgent and primary health-care centre opens in North Vancouver to serve North Shore
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 22:41:20 +0000
A new urgent and primary-care centre has opened in North Vancouver as part of the province’s strategy to deliver faster and better health care to people in the province.
Vancouver Coastal Health says in a statement that the North Vancouver Urgent and Primary Care Centre will provide services for people who need to see a health-care provider within 24 hours, but don’t need to visit an emergency room.
It will also help connect patients with regular primary-care providers.
The centre will be open seven days a week all year and staffed by general practitioners, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and social workers. It will serve North Shore residents, including those living in North Van, West Vancouver and Bowen Island.
A dozen such facilities have been announced throughout the province under the government’s primary-care strategy and this is the third such centre for Vancouver Coastal Health.
“Our government is strengthening the health-care system so people can get better care,” Minister of Health Adrian Dix said in a statement.
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