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Montreal Gazette - Homeless patients need specialized medical care
Published: 29 March 2011
Homeless shelters in Montreal may one day offer chronic alcoholics alcohol, but for now, they are focusing on setting up a walk-in medical clinic, since medical care specifically for the homeless is non-existent…
In February, the Welcome Hall Mission opened a dental walk-in clinic in partnership with ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. Last year, Montreal police created a special four-officer unit that works with Health and Social Services Jeanne Mance to deal with the homeless. Joyce Pickering, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University's associate dean of medicine, would like to see the Community Health Alliance Project be expanded to include caring for the homeless.