The Ontario government's approved the formation of a new "Ontario Health Team" in the region.
Health Minister - and Deputy Premier - Sylvia Jones has announced three new "Ontario Health Teams" in Northeastern Ontario, including the "Équipe Santé Ontario Cochrane District Ontario Health Team", which is noted to serve "Chapleau, Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, Hearst, Hornepayne, Missinabie, Kapuskasing, Smooth Rock Falls, and Timmins".
The other two are the "Sudbury Espanola Manitoulin Elliot Lake Ontario Health Team" and the "Timiskaming Area Ontario Health Team".
This brings the total number of Ontario Health Teams to 57, including the "Algoma Ontario Health Team" approved three years ago - which includes Algoma Public Health, Sault Area Hospital, the Alzheimer Society of Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District, Algoma Family Services, and medical groups, clinics, and a few other facilities in the region - as well as the "Maamwesying Ontario Health Team", which is affiliated with Maamwesying North Shore Community Health Services, which has services along the north shore of Lake Huron and other parts of northeastern Ontario, including a clinic at 3 Maple Street in Wawa.