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Mado Mushimiyimana and Centretown Community Health Centre

Centretown Community Health Centre: Mado Mushimiyimana, a refugee who left Rwanda in 1998, has been working at the Ottawa clinic for six years and has seen a change in service, according to Metro News. It time-consuming. It very frustrating and so emotionally-draining for the client. They feel discriminated against , said Mushimiyimana and Refugees are walking into the Centretown Community Health Centre every day confused and scared about what is and what is not covered ever since the federal government scaled back health care for refugee claimants, says an outreach nurse. She said when a refugee claimant walks in, staff have to navigate through several hurdles just to verify if coverage is available. If it is not, some have no choice but to go to an emergency room. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.