Laboratory

Laboratory tests are essential to your health. They are an important way for your health care provider to determine what’s going on inside your body.

The work done by the staff at Manitoulin Health Centre Laboratory enables diagnosis and treatment of your medical condition. MHC Laboratory provides community and hospital diagnostic services to physicians and patients on Manitoulin Island and the surrounding areas.

Appointments

Appointments are not required with the exception of insurance collections, if you require an appointment for an insurance collection please contact the admitting department for assistance. Please be aware that a fee will apply when insurance collections are requested.

Registration

All patients requiring bloodwork need to register in the admitting department prior to attending the laboratory, those dropping off samples may proceed directly to the lab.

Test Preparation 

Please follow any preparations as advised by your physician (i.e. fasting). If you have any questions, please contact the laboratory.

Requisitions

If your health care provider has given you a requisition for testing you must bring it with you, if your requisition has been faxed to the hospital, it will be available at the admitting desk.