{"id":5013,"date":"2024-06-04T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/?post_type=actualite&p=5013"},"modified":"2026-10-02T04:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:29:11","slug":"10-ans-de-la-clinique-mobile","status":"publish","type":"actualite","link":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/article\/10-ans-de-la-clinique-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"10 years of dignified and adapted outreach care on the streets of Montreal"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

June marks the 10th anniversary of M\u00e9decins du Monde Canada\u2019s Mobile Clinic, which travels the streets of Montreal to provide dignified and adapted health care to marginalized people, those experiencing homelessness, or at risk of becoming so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5016,"template":"","actualite_type":[8],"actualite_sujet":[181],"action_combat":[],"mdm_pays":[],"class_list":["post-5013","actualite","type-actualite","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","actualite_type-national-actions","actualite_sujet-10-years-of-the-mobile-clinic"],"acf":{"mise_en_avant":false,"chapeau":"June marks the 10th anniversary of M\u00e9decins du Monde Canada\u2019s Mobile Clinic, which travels the streets of Montreal to provide dignified and adapted health care to marginalized people, those experiencing homelessness, or at risk of becoming so.","cta_type":"don","cta_lien":{"title":"Je fais un don \u00e0 la Clinique mobile","url":"https:\/\/dons.medecinsdumonde.ca\/10ANSCLINIQUEMOBILE\/?lng=0","target":"_blank"},"contenu":"

Doctors of the World teams have been working on the streets of the metropolis since 1999; they regularly witness the growing precariousness and the deterioration of living conditions on the street.<\/p>\n

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From 2018 to 2022, the number of people experiencing visible homelessness increased by 33% in Montreal and by 44% across Quebec.<\/h2>\n

This homelessness crisis is intertwined with the overdose crisis and the difficulties in accessing decent housing. Additionally, the profiles of those affected are diversifying. Entire families, asylum seekers or migrants, now find themselves without housing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both a cause and a symptom of a health and social crisis, this situation stems in particular from government policies that are poorly adapted to the realities on the ground.<\/p>\n

Read the press release<\/a><\/p>\n

A bridge between the community and the healthcare system<\/h2>\n

Marginalized people face multiple barriers to accessing healthcare. They often avoid hospitals out of fear of being judged, and the way Quebec\u2019s healthcare system provides care is often not adapted to street-based lifestyles.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Doctors of the World Mobile Clinic team is multidisciplinary and can address health issues in their entirety. Peer support workers in harm reduction, as well as Indigenous navigators, use their experiential knowledge to build connections and reach populations that are often inaccessible to the healthcare system.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTo address these health problems, but above all to provide real and lasting support to these individuals, Doctors of the World places them at the heart of its interventions and adapts to their reality.\u201d Dr. David-Martin Milot, President of Doctors of the World Canada<\/h2>\n

For a more inclusive and accessible healthcare system<\/h2>\n

Doctors of the World contributes to the recognition of the rights and needs of marginalized people within the health and social services network<\/strong>, as well as in society at large.<\/p>\n

After ten years of providing outreach care across Montreal, the Doctors of the World Mobile Clinic remains a true social vehicle for combating the barriers that block or limit access to healthcare.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWith the Mobile Clinic, we go to the people to offer care that is adapted, humane, and respects their pace.\u201d P\u00e9n\u00e9lope Boudreault, Director of National Operations and Nurse<\/h2>\n

The Mobile Clinic team consists of:<\/h3>\n