Scarborough Community Volunteer Clinic And Muslim Welfare Centre Clinic: Uninsured Patients

Enlarged Prostate Dept: There was a 59-year-old man from Jamaica anxious about an enlarged prostate; a 5-year-old boy from Nigeria with a gastrointestinal problem; and a willowy 2-year-old from Hungary with an ear infection and suspected urosepsis, according to The Star. Both the Scarborough Community Volunteer Clinic and Muslim Welfare Centre Clinic the city s two mainstays for uninsured patients have reported an influx of refugee patients as a result of the cuts and a little United Nations of patients, some pushing strollers, started filing in half an hour before the first Thursday evening appointment. Soon, all 16 seats were filled in the waiting area of a modest health clinic tucked behind a Scarborough plaza. They were here because all have been shunned by other clinics because of the refugee papers they carry and the confusion over what and who is covered under the federal government s new restrictions on health care coverage for refugees that began June 29. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.