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- Telemedicine coordinator is Leighton Oskineegish, email: leightonoskineegish@knet.ca
- Critical patients are airlifted by air ambulance to a hospital in Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay or Winnipeg
Nibinamik Health Centre
Nibinamik Health Centre
Nibinamik First Nation
Nibinamik First Nation
807-593-2211
807-593-2211
Fax: 807-593-2253
Mon-Fri 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-5 pmEmergency Service: Mon-Sun 24 hours
Last Updated: Aug 1, 2025: Suggest an edit
Application
Appointments recommended
Eligibility / Target Population
Members of Nibinamik First Nation
Fees
None
Contacts
Melanie Beardy - Health Receptionist
Johnny Yellowhead - Health Director
Johnny Yellowhead - Health Director
Languages
English
Language Notes
Interpretive Services
Area Served
Nibinamik First Nation
Accessibility
Not Wheelchair Accessible
Description of Services
Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members
- Coordinates health care services through a nursing station health team consisting of community health nurses/nurse practitioners, a community health representative and a full-time counsellor
- Provides Physician consultations twice per month through a visiting physician from Sioux Lookout
- Provides treatment and emergency services
- Promotes positive lifestyle practices and illness prevention activities
- Coordinates clinics/workshops in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
- Provides mental health services including counselling
- Coordinates visits from dentists and optometrists periodically through the year
- 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:
- Nibinamik Education Centre - Early Childhood Development
- Crisis Intervention
- Daycare Program
- Diabetes Program
- Family Well Being Program
- Healthy Babies Healthy Children
- Home and Community Care
- Medical Transportation Program
- Mental Health Program
- National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program
- Youth Program
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About Us
Tribal Council: Matawa First Nations
Primary Tribal Organization: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN)
Treaty #9
Reserve is 385 km NE of Sioux Lookout, 500 km N of Thunder Bay
Last Updated: Aug 1, 2025: Suggest an edit