Shannon Zemp – Shale Medical Clinic

Shale Medical Clinic To WELCOME New Physician

Shannon Zemp — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:37:24 +0000

Dr. Shoshma Mathrani

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Shoshma Mathrani will be joining our team at the Shale Medical Clinic, on Monday, November 2^nd, 2020

Dr. Mathrani will be accepting new patients and offering a full time and full scope practice to Hospital, Clinic, Continuing Care and ER.

Dr. Mathrani originally completed her medical training and postgraduate in Pakistan, later moving to Edmonton with her husband and children to raiser her family. She most recently has been broadening her medical career in Ireland as part of a multidisciplinary team at the Mallow General Hospital.

In addition to her extensive medical training, Dr. Mathrani has completed additional training in Occupational Health and Child Learning.

We are excited to have her join us here in Drayton Valley. Bookings are now available for appointments.

To book an appointment with Dr. Mathrani, please call the clinic at 780-898-4628.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, we are screening patients for illness before they come in for appointments.

Shannon Zemp — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 21:01:24 +0000

In the last 14 days, if you have travelled anywhere outside of Canada and are feeling unwell with fever, and/or cough, shortness of breath, or have been in close contact with a person who has travelled and is unwell, or have been in close contact with a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19, please call the clinic for a health assessment over the phone, before coming in for your appointment.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES ADDED ONSITE

Shannon Zemp — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 23:13:59 +0000

Shale Medical Clinic is pleased to announce the addition of two new services to our location

Firstly, Shale is now offering hearing testing from Beltone. This service is held as a drop-in, on a first come, first serve basis, once a month. The first clinic started in January and is proving successful for those who presented this far.

Secondly, Beginning in March, Shale is offering counselling services for our community members, both couples counselling and individual Youth & Adult counselling. For more information on these and our other services, you can click here.

Change to Walk-In Hours

Shannon Zemp — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 16:20:07 +0000

Due to the success of Shale Medical Clinic’s Walk-In portion of our clinic, we are pleased to announce that starting February 24, 2020, we will be increasing our Walk-in hours to mornings for people using Skip the Wait ONLY from 9-11:30 a.m. and Walk-in’s from 1:30-4:30 p.m., as per usual, in the hopes that we can accommodate more people, more efficiently.

If you need to use our Walk-In services, you can use the following website,
that we hold membership of, and reserve a time to see one of our
Shale Medical Clinic’s doctors.
https://ab.skipthewaitingroom.com/city/drayton-valley

What You Should Know About The Coronavirus

Shannon Zemp — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:18:51 +0000

As of January 31, 2020, Alberta health officials revealed Friday they have tested 18 people for the novel coronavirus since Jan. 1 but zero cases have been confirmed.

Alberta health officials have conducted 18 tests for coronavirus; no confirmed cases

Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans.
Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. Detailed investigations found that SARS-CoV was transmitted from civet cats to humans and MERS-CoV from dromedary camels to humans. Several known coronaviruses are circulating in animals that have not yet infected humans.
Common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death.
Standard recommendations to prevent infection spread include regular hand washing, covering mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing, thoroughly cooking meat and eggs. Avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illness such as coughing and sneezing.
https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus

Proposal To Implement Changes To Our Health Care System

Shannon Zemp — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 17:51:12 +0000

Dear Shale family

The Alberta government is proposing to implement changes to our health care system that will affect you.

Most of these changes will affect how patients and doctors interact regardless of which clinic or doctor you will see.
If implemented, the likely result for patients will be much shorter appointment times as well as limitations in the number of concerns that may be addressed at any individual consult.
This means that a patient will need to book numerous appointments and spend more time at the doctors office.

Right now, our doctors work with our patients to address their main concerns with each visit, while working with you to improve your health in the future.

If the proposed changes are implemented there will, without a doubt be a shift in how family physicians approach their appointments.

All of these decisions ultimately affect our family of patients. If you feel as we do that these decisions are a step in the wrong direction, we kindly ask you to talk to your local MLA and express your concerns.
Additionally we will be joining our Colleagues at Claro Family Practice who will be creating a petition that you may consider signing that will be located in the clinic. This will ultimately be sent to our local MLA Mark Smith as well as the respective minister of Health and the leader of the UCP Jason Kenney.

Syphilis Outbreak in Alberta

Shannon Zemp — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:03:16 +0000

The rapid increase in syphilis cases has spurred Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, to declare a provincial outbreak and encourage Albertans to get tested and protect themselves. Click on the links below to read about how you can protect yourself.

Syphilis-Outbreak-Communique Download

https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=64211DDC720BF-CA14-9EA2-33837BBBA2864AC0

The Misconceptions of the Seasonal Flu & Flu Vaccinations

Shannon Zemp — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 19:23:19 +0000

If you are confused about whether or not you should get the flu vaccination, or are even uncertain about all the information floating around out there regarding them, you are not alone.

Here is a link to help you resolve the unanswered questions and misconceptions.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/misconceptions.htm