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- Medications MUST be picked up during regular office hours only
- Telemedicine Community Telehealth Coordinators are Jennifer McKay, email jennifermckay@knet.ca and Angus Miles, email angusmiles@knet.ca; phone 807-595-1515
Isaac Barkman Memorial Nursing Station
Isaac Barkman Memorial Nursing Station Sachigo Lake Rd
Sachigo Lake First Nation
Sachigo Lake First Nation
807-595-2500
Fax: 807-595-1183
Mon-Fri 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-5 pmEmergency Service: Mon-Sun 24 hours
Last Updated: Aug 15, 2025: Suggest an edit
Application
Requires booked appointments
Eligibility / Target Population
Members of Sachigo Lake First Nation
Fees
None
Languages
English
Language Notes
Oji-Cree interpretation available upon request
Area Served
Sachigo Lake First Nation
Accessibility
Wheelchair Accessible
Description of Services
Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members
- Coordinates health care services through Nursing station
- Provides physician consultations a few days per month with a visiting physician from Sioux Lookout
- 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
- Participates in the Sachigo Lake Wilderness Emergency Response Education Initiative (SLWEREI) which teaches comprehensive first aid/mental health first aid to enable community members/first responders to provide the appropriate level of emergency care
- Coordinates ongoing emergency response education to groups of community members
- 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
- 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
Services and Programs:
- Band Office - Mental Health Program
- Band Office - National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program
- Immunization Clinic
- Medical Transportation Program
- Sachigo Lake Business Centre Complex - Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative
- Sachigo Lake Business Centre Complex - Brighter Futures Program
- Sachigo Lake Business Centre Complex - Crisis Intervention
- Sachigo Lake Business Centre Complex - Healthy Babies Healthy Children
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About Us
Tribal Council: Windigo First Nations
Primary Tribal Organization: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN)
Treaty #9
Reserve is 425 km N of Sioux Lookout, on N shore of Sachigo Lake
Last Updated: Aug 15, 2025: Suggest an edit