Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek - Rocky Bay First Nation Medical Centre

Application

Requires booked appointments

Eligibility / Target Population

Members of Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (Rocky Bay First Nation)

Fees

None

Contacts

Josephine Lynch - Receptionist
807-885-3205 Ext 2001 * jlynch@rockybayfn.ca
Lorraine Cook - Acting Health Director
lcook@rockybayfn.ca

Languages

English

Language Notes

Interpretive Services

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible

Description of Services:

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

Coordinates consultations with visiting physician from Nipigon twice per month
Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
Coordinates appointments with the breast screening van which visits annually
Offers basic and advanced foot care clinics every 5 weeks
Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
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

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