Telehealth enabled eye clinic opens in Ucluelet First Nations community of Hitacu – Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News

Mar. 8, 2022

Access to eye care on the Coast is closer to home thanks to a partnership with Ucluelet First Nation and the BC Doctors of Optometry (BCDO).

Located at the Huupatu Health Centre at 100 Hitacu Road, this new telehealth enabled eye clinic will serve the roughly 4,500 residents of Ucluelet First Nation, Toquaht, Ucluelet, Tla-o-qui-aht, Tofino, Ahousaht and Hesquiaht.

“It’s the first one of its kind in all of B.C.,” said past president of BCDO Dr. John Lam during staff training on Sunday.

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