Mishkeegogamang First Nation - Health Centre

• Coordinates health care services through Nursing staff, 2 Community Health Representatives and visiting community Physician
• 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
• Provides services of a First Response Vehicle
• Participates in teaching with a regular rotation of medical students and residents from Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM)

• 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
• Suboxone program for individuals battling addictions to prescription painkillers
• 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
• 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:

• Health and Social Building - Community Well Being and Crisis Services
• Health and Social Building - Family Well Being Program
• Health and Social Building - National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program
• Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative
• Home and Community Care
• Home and Community Care - Physiotherapy Services
• Immunization Clinic
• Medical Transportation
• Travel Clerk
• Healthy Child Development Building - Healthy Childhood Development
• Mishkeegogamang Safe House - Women's Shelter
• Pashkokogan Healing Lodge - Addictions Treatment Program