It’s nearly noon at the Tiny Tots pediatric clinic in Decarie Square in the Montreal suburb of Côte Saint-Luc, and there’s a steady line of parents clutching little hands or pushing strollers as they check in for their child’s appointment.
Tiny Tots is part of ELNA Medical’s growing network of family medicine and specialty clinics, with some 96 clinics in Canada, including about 25 in Quebec alone.
Although many of the services are covered by public health insurance — in Quebec, through the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ) — the clinics are privately owned and run.
If patients need to see a
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