St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, Ont., has launched a mobile clinic for outpatients within its mental health program. The goal is to keep patients safe from COVID-19 by bringing injections of medication to them, instead of requiring that they use public transit or other means to travel to the hospital’s West 5th campus.
Alycia Gillespie, nurse manager of the Schizophrenia program, says they’ve been on the road for about two weeks and have provided service to 72 people within a van retrofitted to ensure safety and privacy. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] She adds that the mobile clinic was launched as a temporary solution during the pandemic, but they now hope donations can be found through the