Public Health Unit - qathet
Public Health
Provided by Vancouver Coastal Health
Services at each Public Health Unit include:
- Pediatric and Nursing Support Services: Services and care for children with chronic health conditions, medical complexities, and special needs.
- Vision: Public education and referrals to optometry.
- Nutrition: Dietitians provide information and support related to food and nutrition via consultations, clinics, and health promotion.
- Communicable Disease Control
- Prenatal and Early Years Program
- Child Health Clinics
- Immunizations
- Dental
- BC Early Hearing Program
- Speech and Language
- Sexual Health & Youth
604-485-3310
Website: http://www.vch.ca/Locations-Services...
In qathet General Hospital - 5000 Joyce Avenue, Powell River, British Columbia, V8A 5R3
Monday - Friday: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. Entry at 3rd floor Powell River Community Health entrance, 3rd floor - need to call PH reception 604-485-3310 to ask to be let in for appointments. Alternatively, clients may enter at level 2 hospital main entrance. Access by appointment only. Interpreter must be pre-booked.
Service is available in English.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Self-referral
- Family physician or nurse practitioner referral
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Vancouver Coastal Health:
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- Vancouver Coastal Health Travel and Vaccination Clinic
Availability
Service area: Powell River + show cities
Service Types Provided
- Vaccination / Immunization: Adult immunization, Childhood Immunization, COVID Immunization, and Flu Immunization
- Pregnancy and Postpartum Services: Breastfeeding / Lactation Support, Pregnancy and Addiction, Pregnancy/Reproductive Mental Health, and Prenatal Classes
- Dental Care Services: Dental Care - Child and Oral Health Services
- Find a Public Health Unit
- Safer Sex Supplies
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STD, STI)
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
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