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Shibogama Health Authority

81 King St
Sioux Lookout
Sioux Lookout

807-737-2662

Fax: 807-737-1583

Mon-Fri 8:30 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4:30 pm
Last updated: Jun 13, 2024: Suggest an edit
Application
Services are delivered to community members at the local level (Band Office)
Eligibility - Population(s) Served
Must belong to one of the member First Nations within the Shibogama First Nations Council territory
Fees
None
Contacts
Rachel Gessie - Health Director
807-737-2662 Ext 2236
807-737-2662 Ext 2236
Languages
English
Language Note
Interpretive Services
Area(s) Served
Kasabonika Lake First Nation ; Kingfisher Lake First Nation ; Wapekeka First Nation ; Wawakapewin First Nation ; Wunnumin Lake First Nation
Accessibility

Description of Services:
Delivers health and related programs and services to member First Nation communities
Diabetes Initiative
- Assists members with community development to enable First Nations to assume responsibility and to administer health programs themselves
- Provides nursing care at the Musselwhite Mine Site north of Pickle Lake
Diabetes Initiative
- Focuses on the well being and health education of Native people with diabetes
- Provides a strategy of preventative medicine and promotes self-management of diabetes
- Focuses on home support services to enable individuals to remain in own home
- Provides nursing assessment, case management, foot care clinics and advocacy
- Focuses on infant and child health and development through the provision of programs including Aboriginal Healthy Babies Healthy Children, Brighter Futures, Early Childhood Development and Maternal & Child Health
- Provides prenatal and post natal services for pregnant women and new mothers
- Oversees travel arrangements for medical appointments
- Provides travel expenses for patients, physicians and traditional healer visits
- Promotes the development of good mental health and provides mental health services
- Provides services and supports for community members struggling with problematic substance use issues
- Focuses on counselling services, support groups and treatment facilities
- Nursing Program
- Patient Liaison Services
- Payahtakenemowin
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Last updated: Jun 13, 2024: Suggest an edit
