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Program:
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Opioid Substitution Therapy - OST
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Address:
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115 Barrack St
Kingston, ON
K7K 0G2
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Map
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Hours:
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Administration | |
| Sun | 9am-1pm | |
| Mon | 9am-12noon
1pm-4pm | |
| Tue | 9am-12noon
1pm-4pm | |
| Wed | 9am-12noon
1pm-4pm | |
| Thu | 9am-12noon
1pm-4pm | |
| Fri | 9am-12noon
1pm-4pm | |
| Sat | 9am-1pm | |
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Executives:
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Brittany Couto - Manager, Street Health Centre
brittanyc@kchc.ca
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Service Description:
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Care for people living with opioid dependence (use of illicit opioids such as morphine, heroin, Dilaudid® or OxyContin®) * clinic combines doctors, nurses, counsellors and onsite medication administration
Methadone (form of oral substitution treatment) provides safe, legal maintenance routine combined with counselling and other medical care to improve health status, functional stability, and quality of life
Doctors / Nurse Practitioner:- Dr Meredith MacKenzie
- Dr Beth Rubenstein
- Carol Lynch, NP
- Cindy Ocampo, NP
- Hazel, Ramirez, NP
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Fees:
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Medical services may be covered by OHIP * some fees for other programs
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Application:
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Call or visit * appointments required for some programs * no referral required
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Eligibility / Target Population:
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Homeless * people with a substance use disorder * sex trade workers and/or recent release from prison
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Languages:
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English * Many other languages
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