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Program: Sandy Lake Nursing Station

Organization: Sandy Lake First Nation
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
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
  • Reduces the need to travel to receive care
  • Participates in Thunder Bay's Regional Critical Care Response Program (RCCR) as a pilot site with other First Nation communities which enables patients to now be triaged and cared for by critical care doctors and other highly-skilled staff at Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre's Intensive Care Unit via videoconferencing equipment prior to air transfer via Orng

Services and Programs:

Fees: None
Eligibility - Population(s) Served: Members of Sandy Lake First Nation
Application: Booked appointments recommended
Accessibility: Wheelchair Accessible      Wheelchair Accessible
Languages: English
Area(s) Served: Sandy Lake First Nation

Phone Numbers: 807-774-6131
Fax: 807-774-1585
Address: PO Box 20 c/o Nursing Station
Sandy Lake, ON
P0V 1V0
Street
Address: 		Nursing Station
Sandy Lake First Nation
Location:
  • Functions as the nursing station for the community of Sandy Lake First Nation
  • Also houses the medical transportation services
Hours: Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm
Contacts: Joan Rae - Health Director
807-774-1133

 

About Us

Independent First Nation (No Tribal Council affiliation)
Provincial Territorial Organization: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN)
Treaty #5
Reserve is approximately 227 km NE of Red Lake, on the NW end of Sandy Lake along the Manitoba border

This information is provided by thehealthline.ca. It was last completely updated on: 8/18/2025

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