Beaumont Medical Clinic
5001A 50th Avenue T4X1E7 Beaumont, AB, Canada

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We have decided to do another flu shot clinic due to the high demand. It will be held on October 26th from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. Due to COVID-19 and limited waiting room space please ensure to call and book yourself a time slot. You can do so by calling the office at 780 929 6050, option 5.

Our annual flu shot clinic will be held on October 19th from 4:30pm to 7:30pm. Due to COVID-19 and limited waiting room space please ensure to call and book yourself a time slot. You can do so by calling the office at 780 929 6050, option 5.

For any of our patients who were planning on attending one or more of these classes offered through the LBD PCN, they have been closed till the end of June! Stay tuned for when they will be offering more.

Just a friendly reminder germs still spread with gloves

Have you been tested for COVID-19? AHS has advice for those who tested positive or negative. https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/topics/Page17034.aspx

Just a friendly reminder for anyone who was going to be participating!

Our clinic is still open Monday to Thursday 8am to 5pm Friday 8am to 4pm... When possible, our physicians are calling our parents to help them practice social distancing and reduce risk of potential exposures. Many of our physicians will be contacting their patients from a blocked number. Please answer your blocked or unknown number calls Thank you from the team at Beaumont Medical

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Dear patients of Beaumont Medical, Please do not sign up for the new Telus App or any other Virtual App. Your Family Doctor is accepting phone consultations for yourself and any of our patients that are self-isolating or those that are more vulnerable.... Please continue to use your family physician for your medical care. Continuity with your family physician has evidence that saves lives. This TELUS Health App is a poor choice for patients with a regular family physicians. The Telus Physician App undermines your Patient Medical Home and the relationship with your family physician. We want to keep looking after you and your medical care through out this pandemic. While it always your choice to use any provider for your healthcare, your family physicians are working very hard to provide excellence and availability even by phone. We are here for you, Beaumont Medical

Are you confused about what the difference is between social distancing and self isolation? Here is a great little video shared from another clinic!

HOURS HAVE CHANGED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE MON-THURS 8am-5pm FRIDAY 8am-4pmHOURS HAVE CHANGED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE MON-THURS 8am-5pm FRIDAY 8am-4pm

Dearest Patients of Beaumont Medical and the surrounding Community, Your Family Doctor at Beaumont Medical is still open for patients and also accepting Phone Consultations for anyone self isolating including vulnerable seniors, people with health conditions, stay at home parents, or simply because you feel uncomfortable leaving your home. Please continue to use your family physician, call our office and our team will arrange an office visit or a phone call appointment. Off...ice # 780-929-6050 Unfortunately due to the COVID-19 pandemic we have had to close our After Hours Clinic and until further notice our Saturday's will also be closed. Are you a regular walk in patient at Beaumont Medical? - Please give us a call during regular business hours, we are trying to be flexible in helping every patient we can. We do ask if you have traveled within the last 14 days, or currently having symptoms (fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath or congestion) to go and do the COVID-19 self assessment prior to calling into the office. Link attached at the bottom. We want to keep looking after you throughout this Pandemic. Our Physicians are working hard to continue to provide excellence and availability - even by phone! Sincerely, The Beaumont Medical Team

When booking an appointment with Beaumont Medical we ask that you please be honest when we ask you the COVID-19 screening questions about symptoms and travel! If you have an appointment booked already and are developing symptoms or may of had the appointment booked prior to travel please call the office @ 780-929-6050; we would like to move your appointment to a phone call appointment. https://globalnews.ca//alberta-doctors-patient-honesty-co/

COVID-19 Update: 1. DO NOT COME TO BEAUMONT MEDICAL CLINIC OR GO TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT if you have ANY symptoms that you think might be COVID-19. Call 811 or use the Self-assessment tool. SWABS are NOT DONE at the Emergency Department or the Clinic. 811 will arrange testing for you when you call them.... Always call 911 in the case of an emergency 2. If you have cough, fever, shortness of breath, cold-like symptoms DO NOT COME TO BEAUMONT MEDICAL for your scheduled appointment. Call the Clinic and your doctor will do this appointment BY PHONE instead. 3. IF YOU ARE SELF-ISOLATING your doctor can do a CONSULTATION BY PHONE FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. Call the clinic, let them know you are in Self-Isolation and your doctor will call you for a PHONE APPOINTMENT (including scripts, results and medical questions). Self-Isolation is for people returning from overseas, people instructed to stay home by 811, people with cold like symptoms, family members of patients with COVID, People with medical illness who cannot afford to get sick (cancer, heart disease, lung disease etc) 4. SOCIAL DISTANCING - school classes are closed. Stay away from others as much as possible. Avoid large groups. Seniors over 65 and people with heart and lung conditions of any age are at greatest risk. We are trying to avoid passing this virus to our most vulnerable population. Do your part please. Lives depend on this. 5. NO VISITING LONG TERM CARE OR CONTINUING CARE. Our Seniors Lives Depend on you. Exceptions will be made for end of life visits. Any further questions or concerns please do not hesitate to give the office a call.