Niverville, MB – Open Health Niverville is gearing up for an exciting year of expansion as they celebrate the 5th anniversary of the purchase of the clinic by the Town of Niverville.
The Town of Niverville purchased Open Health Niverville on March 2nd, 2020, with the intent of continuing and growing the hard work put into it by Doctors Chris and Mairi Burnett. Today, the clinic hosts 12 providers with 11 exam rooms, an on-site lab, and on-site collaboration between multiple health professionals and organizations. This purchase has helped ensure the community and surrounding areas continue to have access to first-rate primary care as the Town continues to experience vibrant growth.
As the Town and Clinic celebrate this fifth anniversary, they are excitedly looking forward to quickly approaching completion of the clinic expansion. This expansion will raise the number of exam rooms to 15, allowing the clinic to contract more providers to service Niverville and the surrounding community. Included in this expansion is a minor procedures room.
“Niverville has always been a forward-facing community that never takes no for an answer, and the growth that Open Health Niverville has experienced over the past five years is indicative of that,” said Mayor of Niverville Myron Dyck. “As we look forward as a community to 2030, I think I speak for all of Council to say that we are excited to see how this expansion of Open Health will contribute to the vibrant growth of both the clinic and our community.”
Sheyna Andries, Director of Health Services for the Town, agrees. “This expansion has been a long time coming, and the clinic is excited to see it fully in use. With an increasing number of people looking for healthcare in their local community and the growth Niverville has experienced, adding these extra rooms, including a minor procedures room, will allow Open Health to meet that need.”
While Open Health is excited to offer space to more providers in the community, Open Health is unable to add you to a provider’s panel over the phone, by email, or by face-to-face contact. If you are interested in applying for a healthcare provider based at the clinic, you must apply through Family Doctor Finder, which can be reached by phone at 1-866-690-8260, or online at www.gov.mb.ca/health/familydoctorfinder/.
Mayor Myron Dyck and Councillors Nathan Dueck and Chris Wiebe toured the Open Health Niverville expansion alongside Director of Health Services Sheyna Andries.