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New urgent and primary care centre opens in Vernon (UPCC)

New urgent and primary care centre opens in Vernon (Photo credit: Global News)
New urgent and primary care centre opens in Vernon (Photo credit: Global News)

British Columbia announced on Tuesday that it has opened up an urgent and primary care centre in Vernon aimed at giving North Okanagan residents without a family doctor better access to health care and keeping non-emergency cases out of the emergency room.

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix said the goals of the centre are to provide urgent primary care for those who either don’t have a family physician or can’t get in to see them in a timely fashion and to connect patients with doctors or nurse practitioners to provide long-term care.

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