Reaching out to downtown St. John's patients
Eastern Health and the Salvation Army are working together
CBC News
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 5:04 PM NT
Last Updated: Mar 14, 2011 7:47 PM NT
Nurse practitioner Gerri Dalton is working with Eastern Health and the Salvation Army to help people in St. John's. (CBC)
An eastern Newfoundland health authority is working with the Salvation Army to improve access to medical care in downtown St. John's.
The New Hope clinic, where a nurse practitioner works, has been operating at the Salvation Army's community centre on Springdale Street for about a year
Monday the Salvation Army and Eastern Health announced they will work together to try to improve care for people with low-incomes, mental illnesses and addictions.
"I've had some women who've come who haven't had a women's health check or a pap smear done in 15 years," said New Hope nurse practitioner Gerri Dalton.
"I've had other people, a gentleman in particular, who has a mental health issue, who has chronic illness and hadn't been managed for about six or seven years in any way by a health professional."
Two general practice doctors with Eastern Health's mental health and addictions program will be available for consultations from a nurse practitioner who will be at the clinic two days each week.
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