Primary care clinic expands in Victoria for urban Indigenous people – CHEK News
May 9, 2024
Indigenous people living on South Vancouver Island have access to a newly expanded primary care clinic, staffed with family doctors, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and medical office assistants.
The Victoria Native Friendship Centre, which ran the clinic at another smaller location for two decades, recently moved the clinic to 209-2951 Tillicum Road to expand the care and access for urban Indigenous people.
“We are excited to offer this new safe space for Urban Indigenous Healthcare, which is desperately needed by our community, as we begin to understand the prevalence of discrimination and racism in the healthcare system” said Ron Rice – Wush’q, VNFC executive director.
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