Ambulatory Clinics

• Well-established ambulatory clinics staffed by local and visiting consultants
• Over 26,500 visits per year
• Not only clinical support for procedures and treatments but also assessment and teaching programs: Pre-operative Assessment Clinic (POAC); Diabetes Clinics for both adults and children.
• The wide variety of visiting specialists from Ottawa continues to grow and offer services to Renfrew County residents without traveling long distance to Ottawa
• Some of the Specialties offered through clinics are:
• Orthopaedic (1,100 visits/year)
• Dermatology (400 visits/year)
• ENT (200 visits/year)
• Neurology (270 visits/year)
• Ophthalmology (1,440 visits/year)
• Physical Medicine (150 visits/year)
• Respirology (150 visits/year)
• Cardiology (150 visits/year)
• Rheumatology (600 visits/year)
• Diabetic Clinics are a valuable service to assist diabetics in the area to manage their medical condition effectively, to prevent complications and promote wellness
• The Paediatrician sees children for a variety of services such as Chest Clinic, Allergy Clinic and Ambulatory Clinic
• The Cancer Clinic offers a monthly clinic to residents for follow up
• Outpatient Telehealth services offered in collaboration with the Ottawa Heart Institute provides direct cardiac assessment to cardiac patients, for consultations and dialogue with a cardiologist. Using the new technology, patients can be assessed without traveling to Ottawa and treatment can be promptly altered or initiated and testing can be carried out without delay.
• New programs and services to be added: Pain Clinics; Holter Monitor; B/P Machine Monitor and Pacemaker Clinics.