There’s another place to go in Scarborough for people with symptoms of COVID-19, flu or a cold – and it promises quick results.
Many Scarborough residents don’t have a family doctor or, if they do, aren’t always able to get appointments when they or their child feels ill.
Scarborough Center for Healthy Communities (SCHC), however, recently opened its new cold, flu and COVID clinic at 520 Ellesmere Rd. where people get their symptoms assessed in 30 minutes.
The clinic, run by the community health centre, is open 3 to 8 pm Thursdays and Fridays and Saturdays from 10 am to 3 pm
There is no charge, anyone can go if they are more than six months old and the building, which is west of Birchmount Road, has free parking.
People can walk in or book appointments online at schcontario.ca/programs/community-partner-initiatives/cfcc.
The clinic won’t provide COVID vaccines, but those are available in other places, including SCHC’s Mid-Scarborough Hub at Brimley Road and Eglinton Avenue East.
Scarborough Health Network also operates a cold, flu and COVID clinic on its Lawrence Avenue General campus and another just for children outside its Birchmount campus on Birchmount Road.