Find the health services you need here
Scroll down for emergency and specialty service options. Click on the buttons below for additional services and information.
Local and BC-Wide Care Options
Use the lists below to find care, both locally and virtually for the whole province.
Emergency or Immediate Care
If you have a medical emergency, call 9-1-1 or go to your closest emergency department.
Suicide crisis support is available 24/7 by phone or text at 9-8-8.
Urgent Services
- Call your family physician or nurse practitioner clinic. Find your clinic information here.
- HealthLink BC
- Pharmacists: Pharmacists can help you with some emergency prescriptions.
- Find a local pharmacy: https://www.seeyourpharmacist.ca/
- Crisis Centre: 310-6789 (24 hours)
- Crisis Centre Chat
- Canadian Mental Health Association – Find Help Now
- qathet SAFE (Safety and Advocacy for Everyone). Services for individuals and families experiencing violence and/or coping with traumatic events and life challenges.
Virtual Care Services
If you do not have access to a family physician or nurse practitioner, there are virtual care options. The services listed below have not been vetted.
Service Directories
- qathet Pathways Community Directory
- United Way 2-1-1: or call or text 2-1-1 for live resource navigation
Pregnancy, Maternity and Early Years Services
- Pregnant in qathet
- A comprehensive collection of pregnancy care information for qathet, from labour and delivery to perinatal mental health to pregnancy termination services.
- qathet Midwifery Care
- If you do not have a family physician or nurse practitioner and you are pregnant, you can self-refer to qathet Midwifery Care
- VCH Community Health Prenatal and Early Years program
- Pregnancy and early childhood – Vancouver Coastal Health
- Family Place, Healthy Care Pregnancy Program, and Babies Open New Doors (BOND)
- Inclusion Child and Family Services and Programs
Youth
- Youth Clinic at qathet General Hospital
- Text: 604-223-7283
- Phone: (604) 485-3310
- Powell River Child, Youth and Family Services Society (PRYCFSS)
- Phone: 604-485-3090
- Foundry qathet virtual services (in-person services coming soon!)
- Child and Youth Mental Health Clinical Counselling
- Phone: 604-485-0603
- Registration form for youth 13-19 looking for a primary care provider
Seniors
- Home and Community Care (VCH – qathet General Hospital)
- Phone: 604-485-3310
- Gerry Gray Place (drop-in centre for seniors to connect)
- Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
- 106, 7075 Alberni Street, Powell River, BC V8A 2C2
- Phone: 604-485-4008
- Better at Home program (inclusion Powell River)
- Program offers non-medical, in-home support to seniors, like visiting, transportation to appointments, etc.
- Phone: 604-413-0762
- Senior’s Distress Line: 604-872-1234
Indigenous People
- Tla’amin Health
- 4895 Salish Drive, Powell River, BC V8A 0B6
- Phone: 604-483-3009
- First Nations Health Authority
- KUU-US Crisis Line Society 24/7 BC-Wide Indigenous Crisis Lines for:
- Adults/Elders: 250-723-4050
- Child/Youth: 250-723-2040
- Métis: 1-833-MétisBC (1-833-638-4722)
- Toll free: 1-800-588-8717
Mental Health and Substance Use
- Mental Health and Substance Use at qathet General Hospital
- Reception: 604-485-3300
- Intake Nurse: 604-485-3300 x4405
- Adult Community Support Services at qathet General Hospital
- Phone: (604) 485-3300
- iOAT Clinic – LIFT: Injectable opioid agonist therapy
- Phone support for mental health issues: 310-6789 (24 hours)
- Crisis Centre BC
- qathet SAFE (Safety and Advocacy for Everyone). Services for individuals and families experiencing violence and/or coping with traumatic events and life challenges.
Immunization
Medical and Supportive Equipment
- Red Cross Equipment Loan Program: With a referral from a doctor, nurse practitioner, or therapist, equipment is loaned out to assist people during their recovery from surgery or injury. Call 604-485-3211 or visit the website
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