Our Services

Most of the medical services offered at our medical clinic are covered by your provincial medical insurance (MSI) so it is important to bring your Health Card with you when you visit the clinic. Some of the services that we offer are not covered by MSI so the cost of these services is the responsibility of the patient. The clinic accepts cash and will issue a receipt for any services for which the patients incurs a charge. Please review our list of services to see where a fee might be applicable.

Family medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages; the specialist is named a family physician. It is a division of primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. Our Family Physicians work to collaborate with our medical team to make sure our patient's health care needs will be met in a timely fashion. All our Family Physicians are certified by the Canadian College of Family Physicians.

ScotiaMed provides for immediate medical needs of patients with our walk in clinic. We offer convenient morning and evening hours as well as weekends. We will, with the approval of the patient, provide information concerning the visit to their family physician. Our Physicians are qualified Family Physicians and Emergency Physicians. Patients do need to call to make same day only an appointment. Upon arrival please call reception. Please note that the Walk in Clinic does NOT prescribe narcotics.

Sobeys has a pharmacy to meet all prescription needs. Their hours of operation cover all clinic operational hours. The Pharmacists and staff are happy to discuss any issues concerning your prescription needs.

Driver’s Medical Examinations and other pre-employment examinations can be performed at our clinic.

Please Note: There is a $125.00 fee to complete the Driver’s Medical Examination. The fee for other types of assessments (pre-employment medicals) will be determined by the treating physician.

Blood collection clinic:

Tuesdays and Thursdays

7:30 -10:30

(Walk-in only)

Vaccines (not covered by MSI) i.e.,. Twinrix (Hep A and B ) Zostavax (Shingles) $20.00 per injection.

We will again offer Flu Shot clinics in the fall. Flu shots are also available in our walk In clinic. Please contact our staff in early October to determine when these immunizations will be available from the Department of Health. All Nova Scotians are encouraged to be immunized, however, the traditional high risk groups(patients with chronic illness and age greater than 65) will still be a priority.

The suturing of minor lacerations can be performed at our clinic. Please note – young children may require the services of the IWK Hospital. Please call and our staff will consult the attending physician on duty to make this determination.

Planning a trip south? Your travel agent may suggest that you get some vaccinations before you go. You can also visit wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel to get up-to-date travel health recommendations for your particular destination. You can visit our clinic to have your travel vaccinations administered by one of our physicians.

Many sore throats are viral and do not require an antibiotic. A physician may take a throat swab to help them determine if your sore throat is caused by a bacteria (streptococcus) that might require an antibiotic or a virus that would not need an antibiotic. Generally, throat swabs are sent to the hospital and it takes a few days to get the result. Another option is to have a Rapid Strep Test done in our clinic. This way you can find out right away if your sore throat will require an antibiotic for treatment.

Having trouble hearing? Does one of your ears feel “plugged”? Your external ear canal may be blocked with ear wax. A quick, safe and effective way to deal with this problem is to have the wax flushed out of your ear canal. Ear syringing can be performed by the physicians at our clinic. The cost is $15 per ear.

Wart treatment called cryotherapy is available at our clinic. The substance used is very similar to liquid nitrogen and treats the wart by freezing and killing the skin cells that are infected with the wart virus. Thicker warts may require more than one treatment.

Please Note: There is a $10.00 fee for this service per wart treatment.

Pregnancy tests $5.00

Sick notes $20.00