RAVEN NATUROPATHIC IS NOW CLOSED

If you were a patient of Raven Naturopathic, your health information is secured. To access your health information, please contact: 

   Dr. Oscar Hernandez, ND
   Nature’s Touch Naturopathic Clinic
   50 Sunny Meadow Blvd Unit #304
   Brampton ON, L6R 0Y7
   Tel: 905-497-3200
   droscarnd @ gmail.com

For patients of Mr. Hassan Rizvi, Reiki Master, you may reach him via his cell. If you do not have his cell, please email us at info @ ravennaturopathic.ca and Dr. Clifford will pass on your information for him to contact you directly. Dr. Clifford will continue to check emails once a week or every other week for the remainder of 2023 and into 2024.

We would like to thank all of our patients, friends, and family for your support these last six years, and we wish all of our patients the very best going forward.

NOTICE OF CLINIC CLOSURE

To all our beloved patients, 

It is with great sadness that we announce the permanent closure of Raven Naturopathic Health Services, effective May 1st, 2021.

Even though we must close the office, your health is still important to us, and we are doing everything we can to ensure you will continue to receive the care you need. This letter contains information on how we plan to provide for your care going forward, and how to access your personal health records if needed.

Patients of Dr. Jason Clifford, ND: With the closure of the clinic on April 30th, I am taking a long-term break from patient care to focus on other projects, and I am placing your care in the capable hands of Dr. Hernandez. To make the transition easier, we are offering free 15 minute phone or video meetings with him directly so you can get to know him. For those patients who wish to continue with me for a little longer, I will be available for telemedicine in May, as long as it is safe and appropriate to do so. I will also be available for free 15 minute consults if you wish to discuss this with me before deciding. If you wish to continue with me in May before being transferred to Dr. Hernandez June 1st, you must let me know by April 30th (see below). You may book your 15 minute consult here: [Office is now closed; the link has been deactivated].

Patients of Dr. Oscar Hernandez, ND: Starting May 1st, you will be able to book appointments with him at his new work location (see below). Your health records will be transferred to him, and he will continue to have access to your medical information at his new location.

Patients of Hassan Rizvi: Mr. Rizvi will continue to provide Reiki services after we close. Please contact him directly at [number removed for security purposes] to book an appointment, and keep an eye on our website for his new location and additional contact information as it becomes available. If you wish a copy of previous invoices, please let us know prior to April 30th, as these will be locked and transferred to Dr. Hernandez along with any health information held at Raven Naturopathic.

Patients of Dr. Rupa Salwan, ND: If you were a patient of Dr. Salwan, please know that any records we have at Raven Naturopathic are secured, and will continue to be secured even after the clinic closes (see below). After April 30th, you may request a copy of your health records through Dr. Hernandez.

How to Access Your Records
Your personal health information is protected by law. After April 30th, all personal health records, currently under the care of Dr. Clifford, will become the legal responsibility of Dr. Hernandez. You may request access to your information through him (see contact information, below). Please know that he will never access your information without your permission, and Dr. Clifford will not keep or take copies of any information when the clinic closes. (This is why you must contact us if you wish to continue seeing Dr. Clifford in May).

Your Right to Transfer
Please know that while we are making efforts to provide for your care, you always have the right to go elsewhere at any time. If you need to transfer your records, please let us know as soon as you can. There will be no charge for requests for electronic transfer that occur prior to April 30th; however, once charts are formally transferred or archived, a fee may be required to access your health information. If you require a printed copy of your chart, we reserve the right to charge a photocopy fee for large files.

Contact Information
Prior to April 30th our services will be available as usual. Feel free to contact us at:
    Raven Naturopathic Health Services
    [Phone and fax are no longer active, please use email instead]
    info @ ravennaturopathic.ca
    www.RavenNaturopathic.ca

After April 30th, 2021, you may reach us as follows:

Dr. Jason Clifford, ND: Unavailable without prior arrangement. Contact Raven Naturopathic (above) to make arrangements for May. The website www.RavenNaturopathic.ca will be maintained until the end of August 2021.

Dr. Oscar Hernandez, ND: After April 30th, Dr. Hernandez will be available here:
    Nature’s Touch Naturopathic Clinic
    50 Sunny Meadow Blvd Unit #304
    Brampton ON, L6R 0Y7
    Tel: 905-497-3200
    droscarnd @ gmail.com
*Note: this is the same email he uses at Raven, and will not change after the move.

Mr. Hassan Rizvi, Reiki Master: You may reach Mr. Rizvi directly at [number removed for security purposes]. More information will be posted to this website as it becomes available.

If you have any questions or concerns about the storage and/or transfer of your health records, or to make alternate arrangements for your records, please contact us prior to April 30th (see contact info above). If we have not heard from you prior to April 30th, we will assume you are consenting to the transfer of your health information into the care of Dr. Hernandez. If you wish to continue seeing Dr. Clifford in May, please let us know no later than April 30th, 2021; I require your express permission to maintain access to your health information beyond April 30th.
 
With heart-felt thanks to each of you for six wonderful years of practice,

Dr. Jason Clifford, ND
Owner / Health Information Custodian
Raven Naturopathic Health Services

Statement of Human Rights

Raven Naturopathic believes in the right of every human to live in peace and prosperity, without fear of discrimination due to the colour of their skin, place of birth, spiritual beliefs, sex, gender, or orientation.

Raven Naturopathic stands against racism in solidarity with the Black community and our Canadian and U.S. colleagues. While we as a society have made great leaps forward in the past couple hundred years, we recognize we still have a long way to go, and we are committed to working with our associates, patients and community to find solutions that address long-standing systemic inequalities in our own country and beyond.

As always, we are committed to providing naturopathic care that is inclusive and sensitive to the diversity of our society, and provides a culturally safe environment for our associates and patients.

Because no-one deserves hate, violence or even death because of the colour of their skin.

Raven Honours Earth Day - 22 April 2020

With the mass disruption to everyday life resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be difficult to think beyond the current emergency. However, that's exactly what we need to be doing.

Why?

Because our old economic system is hurting people and destroying our environment.

Amidst great disruption lies the opportunity for great change... but this opportunity requires effort. We can't just sit back, fall into old patterns, and rebuild the economy as it was prior to COVID-19. We have to expand, adapt, and move into a new era of sustainability. We need to rebuild, yes, but we need to rebuild in a way that is sustainable for human needs, and for the envirionment as a whole. We need to create new, clean, ethical jobs for those displaced by COVID-19. We need to support practices - such as teleconferencing and cycling - that reduce fossil-fuel-dependent travel while simultaneously reduce the spread of diseases. We need to invest in social supports that protect everyone so we can all live full and meaningful lives. And we need to protect nature at all costs...

Because our environment doesn't belong to us; we are merely borrowing it from our children.

Here at Raven Naturopathic

Here at Raven, our primary purpose is to care for our patients' health, but that does not mean we cannot also support environmental progress.

In the coming months (as time permits as we work through the COVID-19 pandemic) we will be sharing a little of what we do here are Raven to support environmental progress, and how you, yourself, can make a difference through the choices you make every day. With the launch of our blog (expected later this summer), in addition to naturopathic content, you can expect articles on the importance of reconnecting with nature on human health, the value of nature immersion, the dangers of environmental pollutants, and how your choices can change the world.

Happy Earth Day! --from Dr. Clifford and the Raven Team

2020 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day

Learn more about Earth Day.