The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) has packed up its seasonal care clinic for another year.
The clinic, a joint project between the CKHA and Chatham-Kent EMS, shut its doors last Friday.
This was the second year the organizations ran the clinic, which handled people with cough, cold and flu symptoms, and other minor ailments.
The clinic’s temporary operation out of a trailer outside the Chatham emergency department ran Monday to Friday during the day.
The plan was to serve people who did not have a physician/nurse practitioner or could not be seen in a timely manner by their primary health-care provider during the seasonal surge of cold, flu and respiratory illness.
This past flu season, the clinic served more than 1,300 people. In doing so, it helped divert people out of the emergency department, easing the pressure on that unit.
In recent weeks, the clinic also offered MMR vaccinations. That will no longer be available.
For adults and/or their children who have been exposed to the measles virus and are not fully vaccinated, call CK Public Health at 519-352-7270 ext. 5902 for further directions.
As for the future of the seasonal care clinic, officials for EMS and CKHA said they look forward to continuing their partnership and collaborating again.
