The health and wellness of people in our communities depends on strong partnerships and coordinated and accessible services and programs. In cities and towns across Canada, Community Health Centres (CHCs) operate to help make this a reality. They strive to offer accessible and inclusive healthcare for all members of the community. The focus is on keeping people – particularly those who have barriers to accessing health services – in good health.
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Rideau Community Health Services has been actively planning and advocating for the development of the Smiths Falls Health & Community Hub for five years. The vision of Rideau Community Health Services is to bring the community together to create a welcoming space in Smiths Falls in partnership with health, social, and community agencies. The community connection is a vital element in delivering programs and services. We believe that a health and community hub Read more...
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On behalf of all staff at RCHS, we would like to extend our warmest wishes for a happy New Year.
Our sites continue to remain open with appointments being offered both in-person (when needed) and by phone/virtually.
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World Diabetes Day is marked every year on November 14th which was the birthday of Sir Fredrick Banting. This year also marks a historic milestone – it was 100 years ago in 1921 that Banting and his colleague Dr. Charles Best started their experiments leading to the first successful insulin injection, a lifesaving treatment for Diabetes. This year, the World Diabetes Day theme is “Access to Diabetes Care: If not now, when?”.
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Myth #1: COVID-19 Vaccines alter your DNA
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The Good Food Box (GFB) is a program that has been run by the Smiths Falls Lions Club in partnership with RCHS since 2009. This program has been paramount in offering affordable fresh fruit and vegetables to the community. In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to close the Good Food Box program. In response to this, the Town of Smiths Falls partnered with RCSH and The Lions Club, organizing volunteers to deliver the boxes.
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RCHS will be offering flu shots for our rostered clients beginning in early November by appointment only. Clinics will run from 9:00am-3:30pm each day.
Merrickville Site - call 613-269-3400 to book your appointment for the following dates:
- Tuesday, November 2, 2021
- Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Smiths Falls Site - call 613-283-1952 to book your appointment for the following dates:
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Community Health & Wellbeing Week - October 4 - 10, 2021
During the first week of October, Community Health Centres across the province will be spotlighting the importance of working better together to achieve a complete sense of health and wellbeing for all people and all communities in Ontario.
Community Health Centres in our area are working together to achieve the best possible health and wellbeing for everyone in our communities.
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Come and link in to our new RCHS Diabetes Support Group for motivation and help with managing your diabetes. We welcome family and friends of those with diabetes as well. This is your opportunity to connect with others with diabetes to talk about issues, concerns, success stories, and support each other. Read more...
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Two hundred and fifteen. Two hundred and fifteen lives taken. Not a footnote for Canada’s history books. Not part of a “dark chapter”, as if it were a story told long ago and now just remembered or revealed to the original authors with surprise. No, 215 lives Read more...