Kootenay Medical Centre focuses on patient centered care, which incorporates patient values into their healthcare plan.
Our patients have a primary family physician, however we also function as a team based care clinic, ensuring timely access to a physician when needed. Should your regular doctor be away, an appointment can be made with other physician within our clinic thus ensuring continuum of care for all our attached patients.
Our physician team works collaboratively with their group of assigned patients, ensuring efficient and effective co-ordination of ongoing healthcare needs for every patient.
Kootenay Medical Centre is home to six cohesive Family physicians, two medical office assistants, one administrative manager and one chronic disease nurse. Our physician group are well trained medical generalists, who are constantly strengthening their medical knowledge and skills.
NOW AVAILABLE
Clinic patients can now book their own appointments online - 24/7!
Patients who have not yet signed up for online appointment access can visit us in person to sign up. An email address is required and new logins take approximately 1 week to setup.
Patients with usernames and passwords, please click the button above to access our online appointment portal!
As Primary Medical Home for our patients, Kootenay Medical Centre focuses on delivering the highest level of patient-centered care, thus ensuring the best possible medical health for our patients
COVID 19 Precautions at Kootenay Medical Centre:
Kootenay Medical continues to offer phone or in-person appointments for all patients. To ensure the safety of all patients and as a precautionary measure, in-person appointments are scheduled for days/times that allow us to sanitize rooms between patients and to ensure the lowest possibility of transmission/contact between patients in our public spaces.
For additional guidance and information please utilize the following guides:
BC COVID-19 Symptom Self-Assessment Tool
Healthlink BC
BC Centre for Disease Control
Government of Canada
Family medicine - The heart of your healthcare!
Health & Wellness
Health & Wellness
Living a healthy lifestyle is the first step in taking charge of your own wellness. It's simple - Living Healthy leads to better health outcomes!
We recommend focusing on these five priorities: Portion size, increase your fruits and vegetables, reduce alcohol consumption, exercise frequently and of course quit smoking (or any other negative consumption habits!).
Making healthy food choices can often be challenging in our fast paced lifestyles. However, making correct food choices for ourselves and our families is critical for overall health and well being.
But how do we ensure we eat healthy most of the time, even with a busy lifestyle? Planning ahead, purchasing fewer processed foods, increasing fruits and vegetables are a few of the suggestions from Dietitians with HealthLinkBC.
Physical activity, a cornerstone of Health and Wellness, benefits not only your waist circumference, but also your mental and emotional well-being.
Including physical activity into daily life is critical for overall health and well being, even daily walks have health benefits!
Feel like you dont have time for exercise, or cant self motivate? Review these topics from HealthlinkBC to get you on the right track
Answers to general non emergeny health and lifestyle questions are a phone call away...
HealthlinkBC offers BC Residents free phone access 24/7 to Nurses, Dietitians, Exercise Professionals and Pharmacists. Health Service Navigators can answer your general health questions and help you navigate the BC Health Care system.
Healthlink does not replace a visit to your Doctors Office, but can answer and provide online resources for general health questions. Call 811 anytime (hearing impaired call 711)
Aviation & Marine Medicals
Aviation and Marine Medical exams as required for Pilots and Seafarers by Transport Canada, can be completed at Kootenay Medical Centre in Nelson. As a Transport Canada certified Marine and Aviation medical examiner, Dr David Sonnichsen will work with you to ensure all Transport Canada requirements are met.
Additionally, we can also complete OSMV Drivers Medicals, Employment, Fire fighter and other medical exams.
These privately paid services are available by advance appointment Monday to Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM.
Call us today to schedule your appointment, PH 250 352 2230.
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Conveniently located at the corner of Kootenay and Victoria Streets, our ground level entry building has
metered parking outside our front door...
Kootenay Medical Centre
601 Kootenay Street, Nelson, BC V1L 1L1
Ph 250 352 2230 Fax 250 352 2248
Email: reception@kootenaymed.ca