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Canadian Centre for Refugee and Immigrant Health Care

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In 2016, the centre saw a significant increase demand for services from woman and children refugees who had initially fled violence in various countries in Africa for USA, but due to new immigration policies enacted by Donald Trump, had fled the US for Canada. Patients, ill-prepared for the journey
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The clinic opened in a church basement 1999. In 1999 it had three volunteer doctors, by 2021 that had grown to a team of 70 medical, dental and social workers.
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In 2018, the centre struggled to keep up with the demand for its services and made a public call for more nurses and doctors to volunteer.
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The centre, which opened in 1999, is led by Paul Caulford M.D. As of 2021 it had 70 healthcare professionals providing care.
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Ethical Issues in Women's Healthcare: Practice and Policy. (2019). United States: Oxford University Press. page 51
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In 2020, while providing COVID-19 vaccines, the center was running out of personal protective equipment.
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The clinic provides medical and dental services to people who had needs, but are not covered by the
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Scarborough, Toronto
Paul Caulford
www.healthequity.ca
Scarborough, Toronto
Sheppard Avenue
Paul Caulford
M.D.
Ontario Health Insurance Plan
Paul Caulford
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
"Toronto clinic is providing free health care to immigrants and refugees"
"'We're going to keep doing this': Scarborough clinic offering COVID-19 vaccine to undocumented workers"
ISSN
0319-0781





"Community clinic in Scarborough plans to open field tent for primary care this week"
"Welcome to the tent clinic where Toronto's undocumented immigrants get medical care"
ISSN
0319-0781
"Some doctors unsure how to handle undocumented patients"
doi
10.1503/cmaj.1095803
ISSN
0820-3946
PMC

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