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Patient Navigator Services

81 King St
Sioux Lookout

807-737-1623

Toll-Free: 1-866-447-8388

Fax: 807-737-8031

health@shibogama.on.ca

www.shibogama.on.ca/

Mon-Fri 8:30 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4:30 pm

Last updated: Jun 11, 2024: Suggest an edit

Requires booked appointments
Services are delivered to on-reserve community members at the local level (Band or Health Office)
Off-reserve clients should contact the Zone First Nation and Inuit Health Non-Insured Health Benefits (FNIH NIHB) Office for assistance

On or off-reserve First Nation members residing in the Sioux Lookout Zone District
Only applicable when required health services are not available in the community and there is no other source of funding available for transportation

None

Bruce Sainnwap - Patient Navigator
807-737-2662 Ext 2269; 807-737-1623 * navigator@shib.ca

English

Ojibway, Oji-Cree; available upon request

Not Wheelchair Accessible

Administers the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program which provides funding for non-emergency medical transportation

Assists with obtaining medical transportation benefits to access provincially insured medical services (doctors appointments, hospital care, diagnostic tests and health programs), alcohol, drug and solvent abuse treatment, dental, vision care and services of Traditional Healers
Assists with processing Non-Insured Health Service claims
Submits medical appointment travel, mileage, meal and accommodation requests on behalf of individual
Assists with an appeal if funding assistance denied

Services can include:

Last updated: Jun 11, 2024: Suggest an edit