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The North Island Community Health Centre will finally be opening August 8 in Port Hardy, British Columbia.

The health centre has been under construction all summer and will officially open Tuesday. Helen Owen, the volunteer executive director, says the health centre aims to be responsive to local health care needs.

The centre is run by a non-profit society and is volunteer-led, it will provide regular health care as well as extended medical and holistic treatments. All treatment for patients is covered under MSP.

A statement on the centre’s Facebook page says “We believe that essential to the success of our non-profit Community Health Centre is community support/direction. At its foundation is a commitment to evidence-based, culturally safe, accessible primary healthcare, led by physicians. We build out from that to incorporate allied health providers/team members including pharmacists, Associate Physicians/Physician Assistants, nurses/nurse practitioners, social workers, educators, yoga instructors, physio and occupational therapists, traditional healers and medicine people.”