The Town of Niverville is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its purchase of Open Health Niverville, the medical clinic located on the Heritage Centre campus.
The town purchased the clinic on March 2, 2020, expanding the practice and offering more services and healthcare practitioners to support the needs of the rapidly growing population in Niverville and the surrounding area. Today, the clinic hosts 12 providers with 11 exam rooms, an onsite lab, and collaboration between various health professionals and organizations.
The clinic continues to expand. Renovations began at Open Health in May 2024 to create four more exam rooms and a minor procedures room. The town hopes to have the expansion completed by the end of July 2025.
However, they say that deadline could change without warning due to unforeseen circumstances.
Representatives for the town say that it has been an exciting year of expansion as they continue to grow the hard work of founding doctors Chris and Mairi Burnett. They look forward to completing this expansion of the primary care clinic.
“Niverville has always been a forward-facing community that never takes no for an answer, and the growth that Open Health Niverville has experienced over the past five years is indicative of that,” says Myron Dyck, mayor of Niverville. “As we look forward as a community to 2030, I think I speak for all of council to say that we are excited to see how this expansion of Open Health will contribute to the vibrant growth of both the clinic and our community.”
Sheyna Andries, the town’s director of health services, agrees.
“This expansion has been a long time coming, and the clinic is excited to see it fully in use,” says Andries. “With an increasing number of people looking for healthcare in their local community and the growth Niverville has experienced, adding these extra rooms, including a minor procedures room, will allow Open Health to meet that need.”
This expansion was made possible when two guest suites became vacant at the Heritage Centre. The town adds that Open Health is always looking for new healthcare providers to join their team, and the expansion to 15 rooms will ensure that the clinic has the space needed to continue to grow.
