Laboratory services return to YK Primary Care Centre

Diagnostic imaging still not offered at the clinic


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It was not immediately announced when the clinic would reopen for diagnostic imaging services. (Mariah Caruso/CKLB)

Posted By: Ian Down September 15, 2022

Yellowknife’s Primary Care Centre has resumed laboratory services, once again.

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) confirmed on Thursday, Sept. 15 the Primary Care Centre had been offering laboratory services since Sept. 6.

The Primary Care Centre was closed to laboratory and diagnostic imaging services from June 27 to Sept. 5 due to short staffing in the medical sector.

The Primary Care Centre still isn’t offering diagnostic imaging services. However, both services are still available at Stanton Territorial Hospital.

NTHSSA Spokesperson David Maguire said there is currently no timeline for when diagnostic imaging services will return to the clinic.

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Ian Down
Ian Down is a general news reporter from the West Island of Montreal. After studying journalism and computer science at Concordia University, he came to Yellowknife in 2021, joining the CKLB team in September 2022. When not behind his desk, you can find him at a local Yellowknife poetry reading, or annoying his roommates by playing his clarinet at odd hours. Feel free to reach out with any tips or story ideas at ian.down@cklb.com, or follow him on Twitter at @IanDown1996.

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