There is now an alternative to the emergency room for those with flu symptoms, who are unable to see a doctor or head in to a walk-in clinic.
The Community Flu Assessment Centre (FAC) is a joint community response of the city of Greater Sudbury, Sudbury & District Health Unit, North East Community Care Access Centre, and the Sudbury Regional Hospital.
It is opened between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., seven days a week, and is located in the South End at the intersection of Long Lake Road and Regent Street, between Hakim Optical and the Bank of Montreal.
For people with influenza-like illnesses (ILI), the clinic provides an alternative to walk-in clinics of family physicians, while taking the strain off the emergency department at the Sudbury regional hospital.
The FAC is staffed by physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, and other support staff.
The FAC is not a normal walk-in clinic, and those without ILI will be turned away. The FAC serves as an assessment and treatment of influenza symptoms only, and no medication will be dispensed at the FAC. Doctors and nurses will provide advice for those with influenza-like illnesses only. It is not a vaccination clinic, and does not test for H1N1.
