Important Information from VCIM

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Dear Village Integrative Medicine Community

We Are Now Providing Your Care By Secure Video Chat or Phone

We Can Get Your Supplements and Medicines To Your Door

Happily, we've solved how to continue your care without you leaving the comfort and safety of your house.

During this challenging time we remain committed to your continued heath and well being and wish to make sure your the goals we set out before COVID. Your other health concerns are still as important, and, helping your immune system be in the best shape possible in case of exposure is also critically important at this time.

In support of best public health practices for physical distancing we are offering continued care by telephone or video call consultations using an approved portal called Doxy.me. More serious or urgent concerns requiring in-person examination will be seen, but you will be fully screened before we can allow entry to the clinic. Anyone with acute respiratory symptoms cannot be seen in person at this time, but we will help you navigate best treatment.

You will receive an email from us and a link to Doxy.me the day before your scheduled appointment. All you need to do is click on the link. The program may ask you to click a button to turn on your computer's camera and or microphone if it is not already on. You can also use your smart phone.

We are taking payment over the phone only to reduce close contact with Edwin and touching the machine.

Delivery options for getting you needed medicinals:

  1. Call us and have us put together a bundle for you, prepay, then come pick up your bundle just inside the clinic door. We have a package pick up table by the door. Your name will be on the package.

  2. We are happily and gratefully teamed up with the The Healing Source Pharmacy who will deliver to you door for $10.00. Between our dispensary and theirs we should be able to get you everything you need so that you can avoid leaving the house to shop.

  3. You can always try Amazon or it's possible that other stores are shipping as well.

Intravenous Vitamin C is showing very promising effect for hospitalized COVID patients - including "significant reduction in mortality rate and 97.8% shortened stay in the ICU.

This is a tool we use for patients on average (before now) 30 x per week, and have been for 10 years for various conditions, especially, colds, flu, non-healing infections, antibiotic resistant infections and more. I really hope this becomes part of hospital care for COVID and many other conditions. I would be happy to help this come to be.

Read the whole article https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590098620300154

Video of Dr. Cheng reporting a case study https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8tTNx4J7gA

Learn more, other articles on IVC and COVID http://www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n17.shtml

COVID TIPS

Distance, distance, distance. Wash hands...at nauseum!

Can I catch COVID from droplets hanging around in the air? According to Infectious Disease specialists, the finding is no, generally this risk is low. Droplets from someone that has sneezed or coughed, 6ft away from you will drop to the ground before you "walk into them". Also, passing someone running or cycling on the street is also very low risk.

To Mask or Not Mask? Masks are more important for people that have symptoms to wear to avoid infecting others rather than for symptom free people to wear for protection. The reason is because we tend to touch and fiddle with the mask while moving around outside or in grocery stores. This can actually increase our risk of self transmission. If you are able to put it on, not touch it, do your business and then throw it out without touching the exposed surface, then wearing a mask will provide some protection. This can be hard to do! Note: you will be asked to wear a mask if you are in the clinic for any reason.

This is not an easy time but we can certainly make the best of it and we are here to support you!

Book an appointment by contacting us directly at 416-546-4774 or villageintegrativemedicine@gmail.com or online at https://www.smartnd.ca/online-booking/1151

We are all in this together!

Stay Well Everyone!
Dr. Tammy Grime, ND Dr. Michelle Richea, ND Dr. Sahar Elawady, MD (Egypt) Edwin Shendelman