Kootenay Lake Medical Walk-in Clinic

Name :

Kootenay Lake Medical Walk-in Clinic

Address  :

1140 Lakeside Drive

Town  :

Nelson

State  :

British Columbia

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

V1L 5Z3

Phone  :

250 352 4666

Fax  :

250 352 4696

Web URL  :


Description

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK AGAIN As of April 1 Kootenay Lake Medical Clinic is under new management New owners Peggy Aitken and Paul Lamoureux with a strong passion for the community and the people who live here have a vision that includes keeping this very vital service open for a long time The Kootenay Lake Medical Clinic is currently the only Medical Practice that sees patients 7 days a week without appointments It is the only true WalkIn Clinic in all of the West and East Kootenays providing a unique mixture of dedicated family practice and urgent care medicine Kootenay Lake Medical Clinic has an excellent reputation for very friendly and professional receptionists and unrushed caring concerned and experienced medical staff A very convenient indoor mall location offers free unlimited parking wheel chair access and two pharmacies

Dr John Dale who established the clinic with his wife Diana Haschke in 1998 will be staying on as the Medical Director Other clinic physicians include Dr Margot Link and Dr Ilona Grymonpre and regular locums 2 to 4 full time Family Practice Physicians are being actively recruited by the new owners During this time we are working hard to keep the clinic operating 7 days a week but there may be some fluctuation in ours of operations while we are in the hiring process
We do recommend calling ahead for up to date ours of operation
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