Online Sick Note Castlegar, BC
Castlegar is a Kootenay community home to Selkirk College and the Zellstoff Celgar pulp mill. Shift workers at the mill and students at the college both struggle to access the walk-in clinic during its limited hours.
Challenges
- Walk-in clinic fills up quickly
- Mill workers on shift schedules
- College students without local GPs
- Growing community with physician shortage
Major Employers
- Selkirk College
- Zellstoff Celgar (pulp mill)
- City of Castlegar
- Forestry