Nova Scotia Health’s mobile primary care clinic. Photo: NS Health.
Nova Scotia Health’s mobile primary care clinic will be retunring to Bridgewater this week for two sessions on Wednesday and Sunday.
They will be setting up at the South Shore Community Health building located at 35 North Street. On Wednesday, April 17 the clinic will be open from 5:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., and on Sunday, April 21 it will operate from 9:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m,.
The clinic is intended to help those without a family doctor, or those unable to book an appointment with their family doctor for non-urgent medical issues.
Types of concerns that may be addressed at the mobile primary care clinic include:
- Prescription refills or renewals (except for controlled substances)
- Minor respiratory symptoms
- Sore throat
- Earaches
- Fever
- Headache
- Rashes
- Minor gastrointestinal concerns (vomiting and diarrhea)
- Cough, flu, or cold symptoms
- Urinary tract infections
- Muscle pain
