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Chantel Marshall, director of the Urban Health Team, checks out the upgraded Sherbourne Health Centre ‘health bus’ last Thursday. It serves some of the city’s most vulnerable citizens.
Upgraded ‘health bus’ offers more services JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com For more than 20 years, marginalized residents in downtown Toronto have relied on the Sherbourne Health Centre’s Health Bus program to get the medical attention and care they need. Now, thanks to a $300,000 donation from the Rotary Club of To-
ronto, a new and improved Health Bus will be able to provide an expanded array of services to some of the city’s most vulnerable people. The new Health Bus offers an enhanced clinic space, blood tests and vaccinations, counselling services and harm reduction services in addition to its usual spate of medical checkup and treatment services. For many, it serves as the
first - and in some cases, only point of contact with the health care system. It is now home to a private, fully-equipped exam room, a separate space for counselling and referrals, and a chairlift to ensure it is accessible to all who need it. "We focus on homeless individuals, the underhoused and other individuals who face barriers to
the health care system - isolated seniors, newcomers to Canada, the LGBTQ community and street-involved youth," said Chantel Marshall, director of the Health Bus program. "We provide on-the-spot care, but really it’s all about getting a relationship built to help people get
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