Private medical clinic for travellers fills a niche in Vancouver

Anne Tempelman-Kluit

Canadian Medical Association Journal 1996; 154: 697-698

Anne Tempelman-Kluit is a freelance writer living in Vancouver.

Abstract

While controversy about the role of private clinics in Canada's health care system continues, a Vancouver physician has been running a private medicine centre for overseas travellers since 1991, and its popularity has been growing. For a $25 fee, the clinic provides vaccinations and disease-prevention information. More than 8000 patients used the service in 1994.

| CMAJ March 1, 1996 (vol 154, no 5) |