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View Article: Ground-breaking surgery performed in Sudbury - Gabriel Abotossaway looks up at his mother and father from a hospital bed and a faint smile comes across his face.Ground-breaking surgery performed in Sudbury
Gabriel Abotossaway looks up at his mother and father from a hospital bed and a faint smile comes across his face.
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View Article: ERCP program proposed for Sioux Lookout - The high incidence of gallbladder disease in northwestern Ontario has led general surgeon Dr. Eric Touzin to advocate for an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) capability at the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre.ERCP program proposed for Sioux Lookout
The high incidence of gallbladder disease in northwestern Ontario has led general surgeon Dr. Eric Touzin to advocate for an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) capability at the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre.
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View Article: First Nations aim for common EMR - A partnership between Aboriginal health-care agencies across Manitoulin Island and the North Shore aims to modernize the way First Nation health care is delivered by introducing electronic medical record (EMRs) technology. First Nations aim for common EMR
A partnership between Aboriginal health-care agencies across Manitoulin Island and the North Shore aims to modernize the way First Nation health care is delivered by introducing electronic medical record (EMRs) technology.
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View Article: James Bay coast celebrates integration - After decades of talk and countless meetings, it's finally happened. The provincial government's James Bay General Hospital and the federal government's Weeneebayko General Hospital have come together to deliver integrated health-care services to the 11,500 residents of the Hudson and James Bay coasts. James Bay coast celebrates integration
After decades of talk and countless meetings, it's finally happened. The provincial government's James Bay General Hospital and the federal government's Weeneebayko General Hospital have come together to deliver integrated health-care services to the 11,500 residents of the Hudson and James Bay coasts.
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View Article: Aboriginal health leaders meet to discuss traditional healing - Aboriginal health leaders from across northeastern Ontario met with representatives of the North East LHIN in August to discuss traditional healing and tour the Medicine Lodge at Sudbury Regional Hospital.Aboriginal health leaders meet to discuss traditional healing
Aboriginal health leaders from across northeastern Ontario met with representatives of the North East LHIN in August to discuss traditional healing and tour the Medicine Lodge at Sudbury Regional Hospital.
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View Article: Adopt-a-Faculty program builds cultural sensitivity among NOSM faculty - Dr. Greg Ross, NOSM’s dean of research, was the first faculty member to pilot the programAdopt-a-Faculty program builds cultural sensitivity among NOSM faculty
Dr. Greg Ross, NOSM’s dean of research, was the first faculty member to pilot the program
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View Article: Aboriginal Stroke Strategy hailed as success - The sudden onset of vision problems, numbness on one side of the body, difficulty speaking, dizziness and headache, as we all know, are signs of a stroke requiring urgent medical care in a fully-equipped emergency department within a four and a half hour window. Aboriginal Stroke Strategy hailed as success
The sudden onset of vision problems, numbness on one side of the body, difficulty speaking, dizziness and headache, as we all know, are signs of a stroke requiring urgent medical care in a fully-equipped emergency department within a four and a half hour window.
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View Article: Meno Ya Win launches Healthy Babies Program - Sioux Lookout's Meno Ya Win Health Centre is about to launch a Healthy Choices for Healthy Babies program targeting First Nation communities across Northern Ontario.Meno Ya Win launches Healthy Babies Program
Sioux Lookout's Meno Ya Win Health Centre is about to launch a Healthy Choices for Healthy Babies program targeting First Nation communities across Northern Ontario.
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View Article: Sandy Lake a leader in stroke education - Health-care professionals focused on stroke prevention in northwestern Ontario point to the Sandy Lake First Nation (population: 2,650) as one of the most progressive First Nation communities in the region.Sandy Lake a leader in stroke education
Health-care professionals focused on stroke prevention in northwestern Ontario point to the Sandy Lake First Nation (population: 2,650) as one of the most progressive First Nation communities in the region.
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View Article: Aboriginal curriculum promotes understanding - Laurentian University's School of Nursing will be developing an Aboriginal cultural safe curriculum manual for its nursing students.Aboriginal curriculum promotes understanding
Laurentian University's School of Nursing will be developing an Aboriginal cultural safe curriculum manual for its nursing students.
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View Article: KO Telemedicine brings health care to 26 remote First Nation communities - A telemedicine service linking health-care professionals with 26 First Nation communities across Northern Ontario is saving money and bringing improved health care to some of the most isolated communities in the province.KO Telemedicine brings health care to 26 remote First Nation communities
A telemedicine service linking health-care professionals with 26 First Nation communities across Northern Ontario is saving money and bringing improved health care to some of the most isolated communities in the province.
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View Article: New health centre for Batchewana - A new health centre will help fulfill a long-awaited vision for the Batchewana First Nation. New health centre for Batchewana
A new health centre will help fulfill a long-awaited vision for the Batchewana First Nation.
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View Article: Program links Toronto, James Bay nurses - A demonstration project funded under HealthForceOntario’s health human resources strategy is allowing nurses from opposite ends of the province to walk in each other’s shoes. Program links Toronto, James Bay nurses
A demonstration project funded under HealthForceOntario’s health human resources strategy is allowing nurses from opposite ends of the province to walk in each other’s shoes.
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View Article: NOSM holds Aboriginal health research gathering - A three-day Aboriginal health research conference organized by the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) in November attracted more than 100 participants from Aboriginal communities, NOSM and health research organizations. The first forum of its kind in Canada, the Partnership Opportunities Gathering included lively debate on research involving Aboriginal peoples and their communities. NOSM holds Aboriginal health research gathering
A three-day Aboriginal health research conference organized by the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) in November attracted more than 100 participants from Aboriginal communities, NOSM and health research organizations. The first forum of its kind in Canada, the Partnership Opportunities Gathering included lively debate on research involving Aboriginal peoples and their communities.
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View Article: Shkagamik-Kwe Health Centre combines traditional healing and primary health care - Shkagamik-Kwe Health Centre promotes and maintains well-rounded health-care services within the City of Greater Sudbury and three First Nation communities. Shkagamik-Kwe Health Centre combines traditional healing and primary health care
Shkagamik-Kwe Health Centre promotes and maintains well-rounded health-care services within the City of Greater Sudbury and three First Nation communities.
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View Article: Aboriginal health advocates concerned about Bill C-51 - Aboriginal health advocates are concerned about how Bill C-51 will impact their traditional practices. Aboriginal health advocates concerned about Bill C-51
Aboriginal health advocates are concerned about how Bill C-51 will impact their traditional practices.
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View Article: Program develops research expertise - Sudbury’s Joyce Helmer was one of 40 international indigenous scholars selected to attend the recent, inaugural Indigenous Summer Research Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Program develops research expertise
Sudbury’s Joyce Helmer was one of 40 international indigenous scholars selected to attend the recent, inaugural Indigenous Summer Research Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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View Article: Handbook outlines elders’ role - The way Ian Peltier sees it, 60 years of life experience is worth just as much or more than a PhD, which takes only eight years to complete. Peltier, the acting director of aboriginal affairs at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, has written a handbook outlining how to work with aboriginal elders as advisors and teachers within the medical school.Handbook outlines elders’ role
The way Ian Peltier sees it, 60 years of life experience is worth just as much or more than a PhD, which takes only eight years to complete. Peltier, the acting director of aboriginal affairs at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, has written a handbook outlining how to work with aboriginal elders as advisors and teachers within the medical school.
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View Article: Thunder Bay psychiatrist focuses on suicide prevention - When Dr. Paul Mulzer was doing his psychiatry training on a First Nation reserve near Bradford five years ago, he used to find the mental health pamphlets he gave his patients stuck underneath the couch cushions after their appointments.Thunder Bay psychiatrist focuses on suicide prevention
When Dr. Paul Mulzer was doing his psychiatry training on a First Nation reserve near Bradford five years ago, he used to find the mental health pamphlets he gave his patients stuck underneath the couch cushions after their appointments.
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View Article: Construction to begin on Meno Ya Win Health Centre in Sioux Lookout - Developing a leading-edge health-care facility combining traditional First Nation and conventional Western medicine is the mandate for the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre. Construction to begin on Meno Ya Win Health Centre in Sioux Lookout
Developing a leading-edge health-care facility combining traditional First Nation and conventional Western medicine is the mandate for the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre.
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