Kelly Ave Medical Clinic
13214 Kelly Avenue v0h1z0 Summerland, BC, Canada

Here is the newest vaccine schedule for ages 75-79. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/vaccine/seniors

Vaccine appointments are ahead of schedule. Keep an eye on the schedule and make sure your loved ones over 80 are aware of the new information! https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/vaccine/seniors

Vaccine call centres for seniors open March 8, 2021! Please follow the link to find out when to call and what information you will need when you do. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/vaccine/seniors

Tips and Tricks from a fellow Summerlander! https://fb.watch/3HZIEht3pG/

https://www2.gov.bc.ca//covid-19-provincial-suppo/vaccines

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Check out these tips on staying safe this winter! https://www.doctorsofbc.ca//straight-talk-doctors-covid-19

Exciting news! It is looking like Summerlanders will be able to book online appointments at the lab starting November 23rd! Follow the link below for more information on how to book an appointment at Interior Health Labs. https://www.interiorhealth.ca//LabServi/Pages/default.aspx

Testing is recommended for anyone with COVID-19-like symptoms, however mild. Use the BC COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool to determine if you need further assessment or testing for COVID-19. http://news.interiorhealth.ca/news/testing-information/

**Friendly Reminder** -If you have booked a phone call appointment with your Doctor, please be available at the booked time. -Most Doctor's phone numbers show up as "Private" or "No Caller ID". If you have a booked appointment and receive a call close to that time from a blocked caller then please answer your phone as it is likely your Doctor calling. -If you are not going to be available for your booked telehealth phone call, please remember to cancel the appointment as tele...health phone calls are considered appointments and booked accordingly. Thank you!

Hello FLU season! The Summerland Health Centre is offering flu immunizations to families with young children. Please call 250-404-8050 to book an appointment or if you have any questions.... Flu immunization is also available at most pharmacies. For info visit https://immunizebc.ca/

Worried about returning to work during COVID-19? Check out this helpful handout from bcfamilydocs.ca.

Remember these golden rules to keep each other safe in our new normal: Only get together in small groups of 2-6 people Keep a 2 metre distance Wash... your hands often Stay home and away from others if you have cold or flu symptoms More info: https://www2.gov.bc.ca//covid-19-provinci/bc-restart-plan

Hello everyone! We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy! We are looking to include Email addresses in our contact information for each of our patients. Next time you call the office, we would appreciate it if you would take a moment to ensure we have your current Email address.... Thank you! -The Kelly Ave Team

Looking for answers to your questions about COVID-19? Click the link below. https://www.covidquestions.ca/

Here2Talk connects students across the province to free, confidential counselling and community referral services 24/7 via app, phone, or the web. This is available to all students currently registered in a B.C. post-secondary institution https://here2talk.ca/home

This long weekend, we need to stay home, to stay in our communities and to stay at a safe physical distance from others when outside." Let’s continue to stand united, to stay strong and do all we can to flatten the curve. You can read Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry's, B.C.'s Provincial Health Officer, joint statement here: https://bit.ly/39ODL85

Just a friendly reminder that we are currently booking phone call appointments. If you need to be seen urgently and are unable to book an appointment during office hours then here is some information from the Rosedale Walk-In Clinic: In Summerland, physicians would like the public to know that afterhours care is still available in the community. During this time, appointments will be by phone or video, with in-person appointments reserved only for those who require a physica...l examination. To access afterhours care, patients must call 250 404 4242, Monday to Thursday starting at 4:45pm, and starting at 12:45pm on weekends. Physicians will then return calls (M-Th: 5pm 7:30pm, and Sat/Sun: 1pm 4pm) in the order that the appointments were booked. If an in-person appointment is required, this will be scheduled at Rosedale Medical Clinic or at another location. The Summerland Afterhours Clinic does not offer COVID assessments, but would be happy to discuss COVID-related concerns over the phone or via video appointment.

How to Accurately Measure Your Blood Pressure To download a home blood pressure log or for further information, please go to: https://guidelines.hypertension.ca/patient-resources/

TELE-REHABILITATION SERVICE! This offer goes out to new patients or return patients of Julie Patan: Back In Line Physiotherapy is now offering Tele-rehabilitat...ion Services. There will be no manual therapy available but did you know that physiotherapists can help in other ways? Our physiotherapists ask the right questions and are good listeners. They also have a wealth of knowledge about how the body works and what could be causing the physical problem you might be experiencing. The Tele-rehabilitation Service is simple and involves a phone or video chat. An individualized program that includes education coupled with exercises that’ll be sent to you via email or via a phone app. To begin, contact me by phone and we can figure out which way to deliver the service that best suits your needs. There will be NO CHARGE for tele-rehabilitation at Back In Line Physiotherapy until further notice. This service is intended to educate and better ones health while still being able to remain socially distant and conscious of the current environment. Back In Line Physiotherapy Email: [email protected] Phone: 250 494-0144 Hours: Monday Friday, 10 am 4 pm

Do Not Rush to Get Tested for COVID-19!! Hello folks of Penticton. As one of your local emergency physicians, I am going to take the role of devil's advocate an...d explain why I personally believe that testing is a waste of time for the general population. Some people are becoming upset that we are not testing them in the ER.... 1) Although the test is good at telling you if you have COVID, it's sensitivity appears to be no higher than 75%. In medical terms, this means that 25% of people who have COVID would actually test NEGATIVE. Whether you test + or - still means that you need to SELF-ISOLATE. If you get a false sense of security from a negative swab, you may loosen your isolation precautions and infect many people. 2) If you have symptoms and test negative (and actually are negative), then you may have something else like Influenza A H1N1, H3N2, Influenza B, Parainfluenza, Rhinovirus, Non-COVID coronavirus, Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV - there ACTUALLY is an outbreak of HMPV in one of our Penticton LTC facilities at the moment!). You still need to SELF-ISOLATE!! 3) Testing negative and not having COVID does not mean you will not pick it up and be positive next week! The cost to society of repeatedly testing everybody for every symptom would be exorbitant. As a society, lets save this money for rebuilding society after the pandemic passes. Save society money and SELF-ISOLATE. 4) Testing positive, early or not, WILL NOT ALTER the course of the disease, nor does it change your management! Some/most (80+ %) will have mild disease (even though they personally feel like their illness is severe), about 20% will require hospitalization for oxygen, and a subset of these will become critical irrespective of test results. Stay at home and SELF-ISOLATE. 5) If you don't actually have COVID, going into a hot zone where all the COVID positive patients are going to be tested is needlessly putting yourself at higher risk of contracting it! Stay at home and SELF-ISOLATE! 6) If you actually have COVID but are well enough to make it to a testing center, then you more than likely are quite mild, and are then unnecessarily exposing and putting health care personnel at risk of getting it, not to mention the personal protective equipment that could be better used elsewhere. Better to stay at home and SELF-ISOLATE. Please do not show up to the ER because you feel like you want to be tested or have mild symptoms....stay at home and SELF-ISOLATE. If you feel increasingly short of breath and have chest pain when you breath in/out, then please, by any means, come into the ER......

Instructions to log into the virtual waiting room for each physician

We are offering Telehealth appointments through our clinic! Please contact our office if you are a current patient and are interested in booking this type of an appointment. You can find instructions on how to log into your physicians virtual waiting room in the photos section. **For this type of appointment you will require a smart phone or a computer with a web camera**

The Self-Assessment Tool found online will be able to help determine if you require further assessment or testing. https://bc.thrive.health/

We would like to welcome our new social worker, Jennifer Buhrmann! Jennifer will be working out of our clinic on Tuesdays and Thursdays.