Treating the whole child: Ottawa gets Ontario's first 'social pediatric hub'

At the social pediatric hub in Vanier, there’s an examining table and other medical accoutrements. There are also boxes of toys and a kitchen table with a bowl of fruit for nibbling.
The hub is a one-stop shop that recognizes it takes more than medical expertise to keep children healthy — not just physically, but also mentally, emotionally and socially.
“When the child goes into the medical system, the system focuses on the medical. We’re looking at the whole child,&rdquo