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Free HIV testing in Medicine Hat on Thursday

Jun 26, 2019 | 1:11 PM

 

MEDICINE HAT, AB — Free HIV testing will be taking place in Medicine Hat tomorrow as part of national HIV testing day.

Testing will be available in 70 different communities across Canada, where about 63,100 people have tested HIV positive.

Organized by the Canadian AIDS Society, HIV Community Link and Alberta Health Services, the tests are free of charge.

They will be available between 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. at Safelink, located at 641 Fourth Street South East or between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the sexual reproductive clinic at 2948 Dunmore Road.

The test only takes roughly a minute, and no appointment is necessary.