Millions of people in Canada have no family doctor.
Canada is rightly proud of universal coverage. But the safety net has holes. Newcomers still waiting on a card, international students, uninsured workers, people sleeping rough — many put off seeing anyone until a small problem turns into an emergency.
CBB Canada runs free pop-up clinics and works alongside community health centres. We offer blood-pressure and diabetes screenings, check-ups, vaccinations, help with prescriptions and confidential mental-health counselling. Interpreters are there too, so language never gets in the way.
Catching something early is kinder, and it's cheaper. A $40 screening today can head off a $40,000 hospital stay tomorrow. We meet people where they are, with dignity and no judgement.
“You can tell how healthy a community really is by how it looks after the people who have the least.”
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