After Hours Clinics
After Hour Clinics are for non life-threatening health care concerns that cannot wait until your next appointment with your own family doctor or health team. See below for Guide to After Hour Clinics.
Please call your own health team first, to ask if you can be seen during regular office hours.
After Hours Clinics are closed on statutory holidays.
- Location: Rural Kingston Family Health Organization clinics
- For who? Patients of:
- Sydenham Medical Centre (Dr. J. Dietrich, Dr. S. Ingo, Dr. J. Raleigh)
- Tamworth Medical Clinic (Dr. S. Cowan, Dr. D. Curran)
- Newburgh Clinic (Dr. M. Touzel)
- Verona Medical Clinic (Dr. S. Gibbens, & part-time MDs: Dr. J. Sloan)
- CALL for an appointment for clinics Monday – Friday between 5 to 7:30 pm
- When? Where? (phone number for appointments)
- Mondays 5 – 8 pm at 3113 Rutledge Rd., Sydenham (613-376-3327)
- Tuesdays 5 – 8 pm at 52 Concession St., Tamworth (613-379-2946)
- Wednesday 5 – 8 pm at 5 Earl St., Newburgh (613-378-1754)
- Thursdays 5 – 8 pm at 6582 Highway 38, Verona (613-374-2077)
- AND
- Saturdays WALK-IN CLINIC 9 am – 12 pm at 6582 Highway 38, Verona
- For who? Patients of:
Call 911 immediately or go directly to the nearest emergency department:
IF you have chest pain, stroke-like symptoms, difficulty breathing, heavy bleeding, possible broken bones, severe allergic reactions, mental health crisis, or other emergencies.
Guide to After Hour Clinics
Before you contact the After Hours Clinic:
· Are you a patient of one of our clinics?
· Check with your health team’s receptionist or nurse – there may be times when your own clinic can fit you in.
· If you are in crisis and need immediate mental health care, please go to the nearest emergency department or call the crisis line at 613-544-4229.
· If you have a stuffy nose, sore throat, cough, fever, cold or flu symptoms, please do a rapid COVID test before coming to the clinic.
· If you have respiratory symptoms, please wear a mask at the clinic..
Who should use the After Hours Clinic?
Come to the After Hours Clinic if you have issues that you feel cannot wait until a routine appointment with your family physician, such as:
· new, worrisome symptoms,
· a sick child,
· worsening of a chronic medical condition
. urinary tract infection
. shingles, new rashes, lyme, skin infections
. small lacerations
. sore throat, ear infections,
However, the After Hours Clinics should not be used to replace the complex and continuing care that your family doctor and home team can provide.
Generally, you will NOT be seen to manage:
· Regular prescription renewals
· Routine preventive care, unless booked at your home clinic
· Problems that are best suited for your home team to manage
· Results of lab tests or procedures
· Forms to be completed, work notes for absences due to illness (if exception is made, there may be a charge)
· Requests for referrals
For health advice, beyond these After Hours Clinics hours or anytime 24 hours a day, seven days a week:
– call Health Connect Ontario at 811 to speak to a registered nurse, or
– visit the Health Connect Ontario website to access many resources available online