Specialized clinics

You must be referred to these clinics by your physician.

Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

The West Island HSSC offers an educational program to help asthma sufferers better understand and manage their condition. The program looks at asthma and its symptoms, its triggers and how to prevent them, medications, signs of deterioration, etc.

A similar program is offered to people suffering from COPD.

Lakeshore General Hospital
Individual sessions
By appointment with a doctor's referral
514-630-2225, extension 1799

Diabetes

The West Island HSSC offers an education program for people with diabetes so that they can better understand their illness and find ways to control it. Topics include living day-to-day with diabetes, medications, complications, nutrition, hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, etc.

Individual or group sessions available by appointment only.

CLSC de Pierrefonds: 514-626-4019
CLSC du Lac-Saint-Louis: 514-697-4110

Individual sessions only.

Lakeshore General Hospital: 514-630-2225, ext. 1821

With an emergency referral from your doctor.
(short term follow-up)

Hypertension

Do you suffer from hypertension? You can enroll in an education program to help improve your blood pressure, specifically by modifying your lifestyle habits. Group sessions.

West Island HSSC:

514-626-4019