Three Lakes Medical Clinic

Calling a clinic for the first time goes faster with a few things sorted out beforehand: whether you are already a patient there or trying to become one, how urgent the visit is, and whether a callback later in the day would work if the lines are busy. Three Lakes Medical Clinic takes those calls from downtown Vernon, part of a health care network that carries the load for the whole North Okanagan and serves well beyond the municipal boundary, from the townships and dairy farms to the orchards on the benches and the acreages filling in across the Commonage.

Bring a provincial health card, a list of current medications, and dates for anything relevant that happened elsewhere, since files do not always follow a patient between practices as quickly as people expect. Downtown Vernon is the easiest part of the city to reach without a car, sitting on the flat below East Hill and within walking distance of the main street, which counts for a great deal when someone cannot drive themselves to an appointment. Demand for primary care runs high across the interior, so an early phone call and a little persistence both help.