Mid-Main Community Health Centre

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Mid-Main Community Health Centre has a wide collection of non-profit health services that are focused on building a healthy community

What began as an idea, turned into a reality. In 1986 an idea was formed by the Board of the REACH Clinic. They envisioned an alternative to private practice in medical and dental care. They wanted to form a collection of community health groups covering a wide range of health services who could share resources, all of it housed under one roof.

It took two years, but in 1986 the Mid-Main Community Health Centre was opened. Today, this non-profit community health centre offers medical and dental care; groups for diabetics, those wishing to quit smoking and women’s health; and community groups for parents and youth. Working within the community, Mid-Main strives to provide the best quality of care according to the individual and family needs.

Their website says it best, “At Mid-Main, we believe that healthy people make healthy communities.”

Heather Lochner is a stay-at-home mother and a freelance writer. She loves combing the neighbourhoods of Vancouver to find locally owned shops and restaurants. Together with her two children, husband and dog, she lives aboard her sailboat in Vancouver. When not at work or school, the Lochners are out cruising the BC coast.