[CO-CURE] NOTICE: Environmental Health Clinic, Toronto Ontario

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from Audrey MacKenzie 

  

THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CLINIC

WOMEN'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA

The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Association of Ontario wishes to give

notice that that Environmental Health Clinic will remain at Women?s

College Hospital,

76 Grenville Street, Toronto, Ontario.

We thank the M.E./CFS Support Groups and our members who emailed, wrote

or called their Member of Parliament at our request, to raise awareness

of the importance of this Clinic to the M.E./CFS population in Ontario.

Over the last two years, this has taken The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

Association of Ontario and The Environmental Hypersensitivity Society

of Ontario copious amounts of hours of advocacy, meetings with the

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and with Hospital

Administration and numerous correspondence to bring this to fruition.

We wish to thank the following for their efforts of support:

Margaret Parlor, The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Association of Ontario

and the National ME-FM Action Network

Yvon Helen Hemsol, The Environmental Hypersensitivity Association of

Ontario

Balmer, RAINET

Diane Dawber, Health Pursuits Reading/Study Groups

Nolan-Leeming, Allergy and Environmental Health Association of

Canada, Ottawa Branch

The Clinic provides a comprehensive initial assessment for patients

with M.E./CFS, FM and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities and one follow-up

appointment. The physicians at the Environmental Health Clinic write an

extensive letter, which includes a treatment plan, back to the

patients? family doctor. The waiting time for an initial appointment is

presently 6-8 months.

We are hopeful that Hospital Administration will expand the services at

the Clinic in the future and reduce the waiting time?our Association

will continue to advocate for this? and we will be closely watching.

The Environmental Health Clinic

76 Grenville Street, Toronto, ON  M5S 1B2

Tel:       Toll-free: 1-  Fax:

A referral letter is required from your family doctor.

Dr. Lynn Marshall, Medical Director, in addition to her normal hours of

work, on our behalf, has volunteered hours and hours to educate

multiple Government Institutions, Universities, writing articles, etc.

about our illnesses. We owe her a great deal of gratitude for her

tireless effort.

The Clinic is criticall in that it provides Fellowship programs to post

grad physicians who want to learn about M.E./CFS, FM and MCS and is

involved in Research with the University of Toronto.