If all goes according to plan, you may be able to buy a new pair of running shoes while you wait to get that hernia checked.
A medical clinic is being proposed for the new Walmart being constructed at the SmartCentres site in Salmon Arm.
Jack Nathan Health, which provides ‘The Clinic at Walmart,’ is contacting medical professionals in Salmon Arm to see if they are interested in owning their own or expanding their medical practice.
The clinic will have what’s called a ‘paddle pager program’ so patients have the option to shop while they wait.
“Happy patients turn waiting downtime into uptime” promises a letter from Jack Nathan Health referring to the clinic to be located at 2991 10th Ave. SW and the Trans-Canada Highway.
The letter to local physicians notes that “Jack Nathan Health is committed to improving access to public health care by delivering consistent, quality care in state-of-the-art medical clinics in Walmart Supercentres across Canada. We recognize that practising medicine is what you do best. What we do best is improve physician earning potential and quality of life.”
A spokesperson for Jack Nathan Health could not be reached by press time, but the company’s website lists 10 existing Walmart medical clinics in B.C., all of them in the Lower Mainland or on Vancouver Island.
