Betty Bluecoat - Community Health Representative Connie Thomas - Health Director 807-478-2560 * conniethomas@knet.ca
Languages
English
Language Note
Interpretation available upon request
Area(s) Served
Fort Severn First Nation
Accessibility Note
Not accessible
Description of Services:
Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members
Coordinates health care services through the Nursing Station; health team consists of community health nurses, homecare workers, a community health representative and xray technicians
Performs diagnostic imaging (xrays)
Provides physician consultations one week per month through a visiting physician
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:
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
Tribal Council: Keewaytinook Okimakanak/Northern Chiefs Provincial Territorial Organization: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN)Treaty #9 Reserve is approximately 720 km NE of Sioux Lookout, 9 km from mouth of Severn River on Hudson Bay