Manager, patients lament pending closure of Summit walk-in clinic
KAMLOOPS — A walk-in clinic that’s provided health care for residents in Kamloops for more than 25 years is closing its doors.
The Summit Medical Centre in Sahali will see patients until Dec. 15. One doctor, Julie Anderson, is closing her practice while Dr. Victor De Kock is moving downtown. Other doctors at the clinic are retiring, and the loss of this walk-in clinic is about to put a further squeeze on the health care system in Kamloops.
For years there have been line-ups — rain, shine, or cold — at the clinic, as patients without a doctor desperately try to get an appointment.
But starting in December, the clinic will close its doors for good.