Sachigo Lake First Nation - Isaac Barkman Memorial Nursing Station

• Coordinates health care services through Nursing station
• Provides physician consultations a few days per month with a visiting physician from Sioux Lookout
• Provides health awareness and counselling, education and prevention workshops especially in the areas of diabetes and alcohol/drug abuse
• Coordinates clinics/workshops in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Offers a palliative care program when required
• Participates in the Sachigo Lake Wilderness Emergency Response Education Initiative (SLWEREI) which teaches comprehensive first aid/mental health first aid to enable community members/first responders to provide the appropriate level of emergency care
• Coordinates ongoing emergency response education to groups of community members

• 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
• Reduces the need to travel to receive care

Services and Programs:

• Band Office - Mental Health Program
• Band Office - National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program
• Immunization Clinic
• Medical Transportation Program
• Sachigo Lake Business Centre Complex - Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative
• Sachigo Lake Business Centre Complex - Brighter Futures Program
• Sachigo Lake Business Centre Complex - Crisis Intervention
• Sachigo Lake Business Centre Complex - Healthy Babies Healthy Children