More than 65,000 people in Ottawa do not have a primary caregiver.
But she does not joke when she talks about the care she has received as a patient at Somerset West Community Health Centre for the past 30-plus years.“I think the reason I am still in my own home is because of their constant supervision of my health,” Stata said.
Ottawa’s six community health centres are proposing they take on an additional 28,000 patients by expanding hours and staff numbers at existing facilities and setting up mobile health-care teams and outreach programs in shelters, community hubs and at the Ottawa newcomer health centre.Article content
Somerset West alone has a roster of 18,000 clients who receive primary health care, including health promotion services, mental health and addictions support and care from a range of practitioners, including doctors, nurse practitioners, dieticians, social workers and respiratory therapists. Under the team-based approach, health professionals, including doctors, receive salaries.
She said the allied health professionals — including respiratory therapists, mental health professionals and community health workers — offer specialized support to patients.
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