Pikangikum First Nation - Nursing Station

• Coordinates health care services through the Nursing Station; health team consists of Community Health representatives, Nurse Practitioner, home support workers
• Provides services of visiting doctors usually 5 days per week through a contract agreement between Independent First Nations Alliance (IFNA) and Anton Meyers Doctors (AMDOCS)
• Provides health awareness and counselling, education and prevention workshops in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases

• Treatment of on-going health problems
• Emergency services
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

• Provides access to specialized medical care using videoconferencing and other tele-diagnostic equipment
• Allows specialists to remotely examine and prescribe treatments to patients in their home communities
• Allows consultations for patients with specialty services such as physio, diabetes, etc
• Provides opportunity for workshops and education sessions for staff and patients
• Reduces the need to travel to receive care
• Participates in Thunder Bay's Regional Critical Care Response Program (RCCR) as a pilot site with other First Nation communities which enables patients to now be triaged and cared for by critical care doctors and other highly-skilled staff at Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre's Intensive Care Unit via videoconferencing equipment prior to air transfer via Orng

Services and Programs:

• Anti Solvent Abuse Initiative
• Brighter Futures Program
• Diabetes Program
• Healthy Babies Healthy Children
• Home and Community Care
• Home and Community Care - Physiotherapy Services
• Immunization Clinic
• National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program
• Non Insured Health Benefits
• Walmart Health Building - Crisis Intervention
• Walmart Health Building - Family Well Being Program
• Walmart Health Building - Mental Health Program