Kootenay Medical Centre focuses on patient centered care, incorporating patient values into their healthcare plan.
Our patients are assigned a primary care physician, however we also offer team based care. This ensures timely access to a physician when needed. Should your regular doctor be away, an appointment is made with another physician, thus ensuring continuum of care for all our attached patients.
Our physician team works collaboratively with their group of assigned patients, ensuring efficient and effective co-ordination of ongoing healthcare needs for every patient.
Kootenay Medical Centre is home to six cohesive Family physicians, two medical office assistants, one administrative manager and one chronic disease nurse. Our physician group are well trained medical generalists, who are constantly strengthening their medical knowledge and skills.
UPDATED ONLINE APPOINTMENT PORTAL
Effective immediately our online appointment portal has been updated!
Clinic patients can now book appointments with their physician without the need to sign up and no password is required!
Book Appointments Online - 24/7!
Patients will need their BC Health Services Care Card to obtain their Name as it appears on the card and their Personal Health Number - these are both required to book online.
When booking online for someone else - use their information to enter the portal.
As Primary Medical Home for our patients, Kootenay Medical Centre focuses on delivering the highest level of patient-centered care, thus ensuring the best possible medical health for our patients
Health & Wellness
Health & Wellness
Living a healthy lifestyle is the first step in taking charge of your own wellness. It's simple - Living Healthy leads to better health outcomes!
We recommend focusing on these five priorities: Portion size, increase your fruits and vegetables, reduce alcohol consumption, exercise frequently and of course quit smoking (or any other negative consumption habits!).
Making healthy food choices can often be challenging in our fast paced lifestyles. However, making correct food choices for ourselves and our families is critical for overall health and well being.
But how do we ensure we eat healthy most of the time, even with a busy lifestyle? Planning ahead, purchasing fewer processed foods, increasing fruits and vegetables are a few of the suggestions from Dietitians with HealthLinkBC.
Physical activity, a cornerstone of Health and Wellness, benefits not only your waist circumference, but also your mental and emotional well-being.
Including physical activity into daily life is critical for overall health and well being, even daily walks have health benefits!
Feel like you dont have time for exercise, or cant self motivate? Review these topics from HealthlinkBC to get you on the right track
Answers to general non emergeny health and lifestyle questions are a phone call away...
HealthlinkBC offers BC Residents free phone access 24/7 to Nurses, Dietitians, Exercise Professionals and Pharmacists. Health Service Navigators can answer your general health questions and help you navigate the BC Health Care system.
Healthlink does not replace a visit to your Doctors Office, but can answer and provide online resources for general health questions. Call 811 anytime (hearing impaired call 711)
Aviation & Marine Medicals
Aviation and Marine Medical exams as required for Pilots and Seafarers by Transport Canada, can be completed at Kootenay Medical Centre in Nelson. As a Transport Canada certified Marine and Aviation medical examiner, Dr David Sonnichsen will work with you to ensure all Transport Canada requirements are met.
Additionally, we can also complete OSMV Drivers Medicals, Employment, Fire fighter and other medical exams.
These privately paid services are available by advance appointment Monday to Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM.
Call us today to schedule your appointment, PH 250 352 2230.
Aviation & Marine Medical >
Conveniently located at the corner of Kootenay and Victoria Streets, our ground level entry building has
metered parking outside our front door...
Kootenay Medical Centre
601 Kootenay Street, Nelson, BC V1L 1L1
Ph 250 352 2230 Fax 250 352 2248
Email: reception@kootenaymed.ca