New Urgent Primary Care Centre planned for Vernon
A second health care facility for minor ailment and injury treatments is coming to Vernon.
Meeting with Interior Health representatives and partners at the Vernon Health Unit on Friday, August 23, Premier David Eby confirmed that a second Urgent Primary Care Centre (UPCC) would be established in Vernon.
“We’re building up better access to doctors, nurses and other health-care professionals in Vernon and across the province because people deserve care that works for them and their families when they need it,” Eby said in a release.
“Urgent and primary care centres deliver faster access to care while relieving pressure on our emergency rooms. With a second centre for Vernon, North Okanagan residents will get better access for cuts, minor infections, sprains and those kinds of medical issues that need a doctor’s attention, but not an emergency room visit.”