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Dr. Ferguson’s Retirement update

Dr. Murdo Ferguson is retiring from working at the Millbrook Health Centre on May 7th, 2019.   If you are not a Millbrook band or community member, you will not be permitted to make an appointment at the Millbrook Health Centre to see the new doctor.  While at the Millbrook Health Centre, the doctor provides physician services to Millbrook band or community members only.

There are two walk-in clinics in the Truro area that you can contact to make an appointment.  The Truro Walk-In Clinic on Robie street in Truro can be reached at (902) 893-3635; the Walk In Clinic on Pictou Road in Bible Hill can be reached at 902-899-2273.  If you would like to find another doctor, you could call 811 for advice or you could contact one of the numbers/website below:

  • Annapolis Valley, South Shore, Southwest Nova Scotia – 1 -844-491-5891 option #1

  • Colchester and East Hants, Cumberland and Pictou areas – 1-855-893-1930

  • Cape Breton, Guysborough and Antigonish areas – 1-844-491-5892, option #0

  • Halifax, Eastern Shore and West Hants areas – 1-855-444-4415

  • Or online by going to:  (https://needafamilypractice.nshealth.ca)

- Carla Moore, Director of Health Services