Medical Health Services

Our services are free of charge to all StFX students. If you are a Canadian citizen, please have your provincial health card available. International students, please have your health insurance information available.

How to book a medical appointment

For any medical-related concerns, your first appointment will be an Intake Assessment with one of our Nurses. When booking these appointments online, choose the “Medical Intake” option, either virtual or in-person. The Nurse will speak with you privately about your health concern, and after carefully listening and evaluating your needs she will recommend appropriate follow-up service(s) in our clinic and/or other community-based or online resources. This may include an appointment with a physician or a specialized nurse. Appointments for seasonal flu vaccines and immunization forms can be booked directly without an Intake Assessment.

First time booking? See general information about booking appointments.

Book a medical appointment

Medical services offered

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Physician Appointments

The physicians at the Health and Counselling Centre can assess your illness, order tests, prescribe medications, make referrals to specialists, etc.  If you have an ongoing issue, we will make every reasonable effort for you to see the same physician throughout the year.
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Nurse Appointments

The nurses provide many services to students, including health education, pregnancy testing, emergency contraception, regular STI testing, liquid nitrogen treatment, immunizations, injections, wound care, etc.  The nurses are happy to meet with you to help you with your health concerns.
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Prescription refills

You require an appointment with the physician for a prescription refill.  Please plan ahead – call to book an appointment at least 1-2 weeks before you run out of your current supply.  If you have a prescription for a controlled substance, please be aware that these cannot be transferred from province to province. 
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STI Testing

For individuals who are sexually active, we recommend regular STI testing twice a year, once per term, or if anything concerns you. Have questions? – arrange an appointment to see the intake nurse.
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Blood tests, X-rays

Any blood tests, x-rays ordered by the physician are done at the local hospital.  Blood tests are done by appointment only at the hospital Monday-Friday 7:00am-2:30pm by calling 902-867-8821 or online  (you will require your health card and/or your health insurance card).

Communicating with you

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Test results

Due to the volume of tests ordered through the Health & Counselling Centre, we contact only those students who require follow-up. “No news is good news”. Please feel free to contact the nurse if you wish to inquire about your test results.
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Contacting students

Our preferred method of contacting students for non-urgent matters is through your StFX e-mail. Please check it regularly. For more urgent matters, we contact you by phone – please ensure we have an up-to-date phone number for you.

How to access our services

General information about booking appointments
  • All students must register with Pomelo before they can book their appointments online. Please register for Pomelo here.
  • Once you have registered for Pomelo, you can book appointments here.
  • When you book online, you will see all available appointments for the next 7 days. We also reserve several appointments every day for same-day access. Each weekday morning at 7:30 am new appointments open up, including the same-day access appointments for that day. If you try to book online and it looks like nothing is available, check back at 7:30 am the next day and the newly opened appointments will be showing. 
  • When you receive an email reminder for a booked appointment, please check carefully for the time zone indicated in your reminder. The correct time for your appointment is Nova Scotia time (Atlantic Standard Time); not the time zone of your home province, as may be indicated in your reminder. 
  • If you need to cancel your appointment, you have several options: 1) cancel in Pomelo, 2) call 902-867-2263, 3) stop by the Health and Counselling Centre, or 4) email @email.
  • If you wish to cancel a scheduled appointment, we require 24 hours notification prior to your scheduled appointment time, or a late fee of $50.00 will be charged to your student account. This allows us to offer that space to another student who needs it; please help us in not wasting any of our valuable health care resources. 
  • If you have trouble registering or booking an online appointment, please call the Health and Counselling Centre at 902-867-2263 during office hours for assistance.
Confidentiality

Please note that the services you receive at the Health and Counselling Centre are confidential. We do not release information to your parents, your professors or anyone else without your permission or unless legally required to do so. 

For more information please see our Confidentiality Statement and information on the Personal Health Information Act.

Contact

Health and Counselling Centre

305 Bloomfield Centre
5555 Union Place
Antigonish NS B2G 2W5
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If you are experiencing an emergency, the following resources are available 24/7:

  • Proceed to St. Martha’s Regional Hospital Emergency Department (25 Bay Street) or your nearest hospital emergency department.
  • Call 911
  • NS Mental Health Crisis Line: 1-888-429-8167
  • Suicide Crisis Helpline: 988
  • Good2TalkNS (mental health counselling): 1-833-292-3698
  • Crisis Text Line: Text GOOD2TALKNS to 686868