Billy Joe Strang - Health Director 807-773-1078; Cell 807-728-3321 * billyjoestrang@hotmail.com
Languages
English ; Ojibwe
Language Note
Interpretive Services
Area(s) Served
Pikangikum First Nation
Accessibility
Wheelchair Accessible
Description of Services:
Nursing station providing basic medical and health care services that promote physical and mental health for community members
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
Addresses individual health care needs by providing:
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
Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)
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
Tribal Council: Independent First Nations Alliance (IFNA) Provincial Territorial Organization: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN) Treaty #5
Reserve is approximately 100 km NW of Red Lake, on E shores of Pikangikum Lake at the Berens River