Domestic Programs – Médecins du Monde
Description:
* Mobile medical services for people experiencing homelessness: STI screening, health assessment, wound and infection care, prescriptions for contraception, vaccination, distribution of Naloxone kits and Fentanyl test strips.
* Individual and group psychological counselling for community workers.
* Walk-in medical clinic for migrants without health insurance and in a precarious situation: evaluation by a social worker or a nurse, consultation by volunteer doctor.
* Issuance of BINAM cards of identification and residency of the city of Montréal.
Customer base:
mobile clinic: people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, sex workers, drug users, street youth, Indigenous people experiencing homelessness, clinic for migrants with precarious status: migrants without medical coverage who live in Canada and cannot afford an appointment at a private clinic, psychological support: workers from Médecins du Monde's partner community groups
Costs:
none
Territory served:
Montréal Island
Accommodation:
Without accommodation
Legal status:
non-profit organization
Language of service:
French; English