ATTENTION TRAVELLERS TO PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:  Some recommendations before you depart on your trip: 1.      Update your tetanus-diptheria immunization. 2.      Get the recommended hepatitis A and/or hepatitis B vaccine. These vaccinations are available at our Wednesday Immunization Clinic held from 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at 999 Balmoral Street. 3.      Health Canada recommends Malaria protection. Click here for the May 2007 advisory which is still in effect as at January 4, 2008. Bring this Health Canada information to your doctor.

LOW RISK TRAVEL:

CONTACT THE TRAVEL CLINIC AT LEAST 6 TO 8 WEEKS BEFORE YOU BOOK YOUR TRIP!

* to ensure you can get an appointment

* to ensure that, before you depart, your body has enough time  to develop protection against the disease you were vaccinated for

If you are travelling to resorts in Cuba, Mexico, Caribbean, you may attend our Wednesday walk in Immunization Clinic 1:30 to 6:00 pm. Service is on a first-come, first-served basis.

This clinic is also subject to cut-off if we reach our capacity in order to serve the numbers that are attending.

ALL OTHER TRAVEL:

If you are travelling to countries needing immunizations, malaria and other medications, please schedule an appointment with our travel clinic doctor.

A fee of $30.00 for the doctor consultation plus the cost of the vaccines will apply.

The Travel Clinic runs by appointment every Thursday morning 9:00 am to 11:30 am. Please call 625-8810 or 625-5942 to book an appointment

WHEN TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS

Contact the Travel Clinic at least 6-8 weeks prior to your departure to ensure that you have sufficient time to get an appointment and complete the necessary vaccinations!  Vaccine Charges do apply to some vaccines.

Visiting routine immunization clinics is not advisable as they are not equipped for travellers.

OTHER HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS

For Travel Health Advisories, see the Public Health Agency of Canada. Please also see the Ontario Health Insurance Factsheet.

For information that is important to Canadians going abroad, visit the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs

For more information about appropriate immunization for the destination that you are travelling, please visit the Centre for Disease Control.