The Telus Mobile Health Bus

The Sanguen Mobile Health Clinic, funded by Telus Health, opened its doors in January of 2020. The Mobile Health Clinic is an extension of the excellent harm reduction, outreach and health work Sanguen has been offering the region for years. The Telus Health Mobile Health Clinic brings to life that phrase “Meeting people where they are at” by offering low-barrier primary care health services to the community’s most marginalized – individuals experiencing chronic poverty, homelessness, substance use and mental health challenges in Kitchener and Cambridge.

In mid-March 2020, Ontario experienced the first province wide lockdown due to COVID-19. Sanguen’s Mobile Health Clinic responded to the community needs created by this pandemic and quickly adapted its services to offer COVID-19 testing for people experiencing homelessness or who are precariously housed.

Sanguen is so very excited and grateful to be able to offer this kind of low-barrier medical and mental health care to the community. An undertaking of this magnitude can only be achieved by the work of many hands, and Sanguen would like to warmly thank community partners for their on-going support. Alongside Telus Health as a Community Partner, Sanguen would like to thank the Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre (KDCHC), Lang’s Farm, the Working Centre, the Inner City Health Alliance and the Waterloo Wellington LHIN.