New Sydney River health centre to start seeing patients Monday

The Sydney River Health Centre in Sydney River, N.S., will start seeing patients on April 28, 2025. (Province of Nova Scotia / File)

A new health centre in Sydney River, N.S., will start seeing patients next week as it nears completion.

The Sydney River Health Centre, located at 1173 Kings Rd., will be home to several different clinics and services currently spread across the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.

The following services will begin on Monday:

• the Eastern Zone Hip and Knee Clinic
• the Cape Breton Heart Lung Wellness Centre
• the Sydney Diabetes Centre

Other services at the centre – Sydney and Area Community Rehabilitation Services and Coastal Family Health – are expected to open by the end of June.

Family physicians with Coastal Family Health have accepted patients from retiring physician practices and will continue to accept new patients from the province’s Need a Family Practice Registry when they can.

Coastal Family Health is staffed by:

• six doctors
• three licensed practical nurses
• a dietitian
• a social worker
• a physiotherapist

Brian Comer, minister of Addictions and Mental Health, says once all services are fully operational, the new health centre will have the capacity to complete more than 30,000 patient visits each year.

“We’re changing healthcare across Nova Scotia by connecting health services and programs under one roof to deliver community-based comprehensive care,” said Comer in a provincial news release.

The new health centre will include:

• 31 exams rooms
• a gymnasium
• warm-up and cool-down rooms
• education rooms
• administrative offices

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