An urgent care clinic will soon be up and running in Minden.
Ontario Health has approved the Kawartha North Family Health Team’s (KNFHT) funding request to operate the clinic at the former Minden ER. Officials say the clinic will be open weekends starting June 30 for walk-ins and appointments, and planning is underway to operate the clinic up to seven days a week based on the community’s needs.
“KNFHT has provided care to the Minden Hills community since 2007,” says Marina Hodson, Executive Director of KNFHT. “We are very proud to be responding to a community need and continue our commitment to service by operating an Urgent Care Clinic at the Minden site.”
Aside from ongoing funding for two Nurse Practitioners and two Registered Practical Nurses, the province says it will also provide one-time funding to purchase equipment for the clinic.
“The quick action taken by the Kawartha North Family Health Team and supported by Haliburton Highlands Health Services, with support from the Ministry of Health is good news, ensuring Minden will have access to an urgent care clinic very soon,” says Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott. “Thank you to everyone involved, for working together to make this happen.”
