Free cancer screening pop-up clinics will be offered in St. Thomas starting Friday, July 26th.
They are hosted by the Thames Valley Family Health Team to address the needs of those without a family physician or care nurse practitioner.
A number around the 7,000 mark in St. Thomas and Elgin.
The TVFHT is one of the largest family health teams in Ontario with more than 125 physicians across 19 sites in London, Elgin, Middlesex and Oxford.
The clinics are specifically designed to provide vital cancer screening services to women, men over the age of 50, trans masculine individuals and non-binary people.
Interim executive director Jill Strong explains which services will be offered.
Strong explains the applicable target groups for these pop-up clinics.
She adds this is one more factor in helping to relieve the stress on hospital emergency departments.
Strong adds the pop-up clinics will pave the way for additional services to be offered in the very near future at the St. Thomas location.
Additional clinics will be held Aug. 9 and 23 and Sept. 6.
The clinics are hosted at 230 First Ave., suite 109. To book an appointment, call 226-626-8440 and press ‘4’ to speak to an administrative assistant.
Written by: Ian McCallum
