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Two doctors at heal h centre by Joanne Courneya Two interim doctors have join- ed the staff 'of the Tweed and District Community Health Cen- tre (CHC) on Bridge Street. Dr. Kamla Swani and Dr. Paul Hacker both studied at the University of Toronto and have been doing short term placements. They expect their hours at the CHC to be 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday with extended hours to 8 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 pm. A CHC is different than a doc- tor’s office, said Dr. Hacker, in that the ones in urban areas are aimed at a specific population. This CHC will be serving Tweed’s larger seniors popula- tion, but all ages are welcome at the Tweed CHC. . Community health centres proâ€" mote wellness in the community, said Dr. Swani. They offer such things as weight control proâ€" grams, hearing and vision screenâ€" ing and stop smoking programs, all of which the doctors want to have at this CHC. They will work hand in hand with Tweed and Area Community Care, referring clients back and forth depending on the clients’ needs. They are also planning on having well‘baby and well woman clinics, blood pressure and diabetes clinics. It will take time for the public to see the differences between the CHC and a regular doctor’s of- fice, said Dr. Hacker. The doc- tors prefer booking appointments, but will be available for emergenâ€" cies, however they caution that with the CHC’S limited resources, people will still have to go to the hospital for certain services such as Xâ€"rays and hav- ing casts put on. Dr. Swani noted that the Tweed CHC has a nurse practi- tioner who has speCial training in assessment and treatment, and is qualified to carry out many procedures. _ Drs. Hacker and Swani realize Dr. Kamla S Paul HaCker wahii are ' and Dr. tors at the Tweedlm Community and advantage to them because they are learning about the administraâ€" tion and start-up procedures for a medical clinic. '