A new service has been launched at local hospitals.
Maamwesying North Shore Community Health Services Northern Clinic's partnered with Services de Sante de Chapleau Health Services and Wawa's Lady Dunn Health Centre to launch a new "Indigenous System Navigator" service, with a coordinator embedded at the hospitals.
Edith Mercieca, Director of Home and Community Support Services for Maamwesying outlines the new service.
Mercieca explains the process is based on self-identification and consent.
Mercieca praises the navigator embedded in the hospitals.
While new to this area, the service has been operating at Maamwesying partner hospitals since 2010, including Sault Area Hospital, the North Shore Health Network, and Health Sciences North.