Thursday 31 December 2015

GTA health services ready to receive refugees

Hospitals and community health centres across the GTA have started to open their doors to Syrian refugees in need of medical care, but say the demand so far has been low and they expect a greater influx of patients over the next few months.

St. Michael’s Hospital held a clinic for newly arrived refugees on Tuesday, and one family attended.

“We are not really expecting the big numbers until January and February,” said Leslie Shepherd, spokeswoman for the hospital. “That’s what everybody is seeing at the moment,” she said. For the full article click here 



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