Starting the first week of February 2020, sexual health/harm reduction clinics will be open to the public in Mount Forest and Palmerston.
Mount Forest - 311 Foster Street
- Thursdays starting February 6, 2020 (closed February 20)
- 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Sexual health and harm reduction services only at this time (see below)
- Enter through the front door (do not use the daycare entrance). Please have a seat in the lobby and a nurse will come get you when ready.
NOTE: Clinic will be closed occasionally. Please call reception ahead of your visit.
Palmerston - 450 Whites Road
- Tuesdays starting Febrary 4, 2020
- 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- By appointment only, please call reception to confirm we have a clinic
- Sexual health and harm reduction services only at this time (see below)
- Located inside the Minto Rural Health Centre (grey and green building near the hospital). Please have a seat in the lobby and a nurse will come get you when ready.
NOTE: Clinic will be closed occasionally. Please call reception ahead of your visit.
Sexual health services include:
- Birth control counselling and sales (for those under 25 years old)
- Free condoms
- Pregnancy tests and counselling
- Emergency contraceptive pill (morning-after pill)
- Sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment
- Anonymous HIV tests
Harm reduction services include:
- Free, confidential counselling, support and referrals to appropriate resources.
- We provide unused or new needle exchange (including sharps disposal kiosks), new needles, sterile water, alcohol swabs, filters, cookers, acidifiers, tourniquets, pipes, stems, pipe screens, latex condoms and lubricant.
- Visit https://wdgpublichealth.ca/your-health/needle-exchange for more information and locations