{"id":11210,"date":"2025-01-09T23:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T23:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/stranded-montreal-statcare-patients-offered-alternative-health-care-site-montreal\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T23:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T23:29:09","slug":"stranded-montreal-statcare-patients-offered-alternative-health-care-site-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/stranded-montreal-statcare-patients-offered-alternative-health-care-site-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranded Montreal Statcare patients offered alternative health care site &#8211; Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Montreal West Island residents left grappling with the recent closure of a local health clinic received good news this week that they can now seek treatment at Brunswick Medical Centre.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A week of uncertainty during the holiday season culminated with the closure of the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/statcare\">Statcare<\/a> clinic on Dec. 31, 2024, leaving residents who had relied on it for medical help without an option.<\/p>\n<p>Global News has confirmed that the Brunswick Medical Centre will accept those stranded patients for minor and non-urgent care. The centre is just three kilometres away from the shuttered Statcare clinic location.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get weekly health news<\/h3>\n<p>Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Twelve extra physicians are set to join the walk-in clinic to accommodate the increased number of patients.<\/p>\n<p>Statcare, which was located next to the Lakeshore General Hospital, handled minor health emergencies and provided family medicine, gynecology and other medical services. It served 18,000 patients and operated seven days a week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The closures came as ELNA Medical Group, which oversees 49 clinics across Quebec including the Statcare site, entered creditor protection. At the end of last year, Quebec Superior Care granted the company\u2019s request and also approved a plan to solicit interest in a potential sale.<\/p>\n<p>The creditor protection\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/10915618\/elna-medical-groups-granted-creditor-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/10915618\/elna-medical-groups-granted-creditor-protection&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1734815516703000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2r9Hyc_92j5x-4Axtl0BYN\">prompted concerns<\/a>\u00a0from patients about the future of ELNA, which also bills itself as the largest network of medical clinics and diagnostic laboratories in Canada.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-related-items-1\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--text \" aria-label=\"Related articles section 1\">\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10950505\/montreal-statcare-clinic-patients-move\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size Montreal West Island residents left grappling with the recent closure of a local health clinic received good news this week that they can now seek treatment at Brunswick Medical Centre. 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