This is a great little walk-in clinic on Jean-Talon. Since after 6 years on a wait-list, neither my husband nor I have been able to obtain a family doctor, we find ourselves coming to this walk-in clinic whenever we are so ill that we need some medical guidance. As another reviewer mentioned, you definitely need to come early if you are hoping for a walk-in appointment. And if it is during the time of the ''cold and flu season'' believe me you can never come early enough. Most recently when I was ill with the flu, I tried to get a walk-in appointment just 6 minutes after the clinic had opened and all of the walk-in appointments had already filled up. However, speaking from experience, this is incredibly rare during the summer months. Also, this clinic is thankfully open 7 days a week! Hurrah! What a uncommon deviation from most of the walk-in clinics in Montreal and an absolutely wonderful boon for the neighborhood!
I have been coming to this clinic since it opened nearly 5 years ago and I have never seen the same doctor more than once; which in and of itself is not a terrible problem. However, having so many doctors on staff with so many varying backgrounds and approaches to treatment means that it is impossible to for anyone to rate the quality of the treatment given and consequently, my review (and keep in mind, all Yelp reviews) is for the convenience of a walk-in clinic which is open 7 days a week. The reason for my 4-star rating is that there are many, many, many doctors working at this clinic on a somewhat irregular schedule where they work on an aberrant and inconsistent rotation; I can promise you, you will never ever see the same doctor twice. Unfortunately, we have found over time that not all of the doctors on staff give welcomed advice nor prescribe effective treatment nor appropriate prescriptions. Case in point, when I was 7 months pregnant, I came here with severe flu symptoms. The doctor suggested cough syrup. Knowing that cough syrups are not permissible when pregnant, I asked her if it was OK for me to take cough syrup since I was in my third trimester of pregnancy and she asked me, ''oh, are you pregnant?'' ''Well, ehm, yes'' I said, ''the triage nurse wrote it in my file'' (it fact, as a rather healthy woman it was the ONLY thing written in my file)! Needless to say, I was NOT impressed. On the bright side, I have never seen her again. Also, more recently, my daughter had pneumonia and (another) doctor gave her two prescriptions for asthma(!?!?!?). Even the pharmacist was surprised and she asked me why he had prescribed her asthma medication and not something for her pneumonia. Incidentally my father is a M.D. in practice in the USA and I called him to asked about the doctor's prescribed treatment for my daughter and my father's reaction was of surprise and disbelief. He capped off his commentary with, ''UGH, Canadian healthcare.'' Regardless of my father's opinion, after several days, the treatment was not surprisingly completely useless and my daughter continued to get worse. But unfortunately, it was not possible to question the doctor's approach nor his recommendation. The only thing we could hope for was to return to the clinic and try our luck with another physician. read more
