first nations health care

• Alberta First Nations people tend to get lower level of emergency care: study

  Overall, the study found 12 per cent of non-Indigenous patients were rated at the most serious levels, whereas eight per cent of First Nations people received that rating.

  Health

  Jan 17
  
• ‘A new era’: Stellat’en First Nation and UBC launch medical supply drone delivery project

  Stellat’en First Nation and the University of British Columbia have launched a year-long study to investigate whether drones can deliver medical supplies to remote communities.

  Health

  Oct 15, 2021
  
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• New Okanagan Indian Band primary care clinic gives access to doctors on reserve

  Chief Byron Louis said the change will help elders who had difficultly getting to medical services in Vernon.

  Nov 24, 2020
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• First Nations health-care teams work with NSHA for local COVID-19 assessment

  Eleven First Nations communities' health directors in the province are now collaborating and training with NSHA to open COVID-19 assessment and testing locally.

  Health

  Jul 11, 2020
• Assembly of First Nations declares national state of emergency over COVID-19 pandemic

  The Assembly of First Nations declared a national state of emergency Tuesday over the COVID-19 pandemic and is calling for a boost in "resources and support to First Nations."

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2020
• Lu’ma Medical Centre gifted $2M in expansion funding from B.C. health ministry, FNHA

  The health ministry and FNHA will provide more than $1.8 million in ongoing funding and over $200,000 in one-time funding to Lu'ma Medical Centre.

  Health

  Sep 15, 2019
• Access to Aboriginal doctors a struggle for Indigenous population

  Indigenous communities continue to struggle with access to health care including contact with culturally-aware physicians.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2018
• ‘Monstrous’ allegations of forced sterilization of Indigenous women must be examined: NDP

  The federal NDP said coerced sterilization of Indigenous women clearly breaches human-rights standards and Ottawa must take steps to address the issue.

  Health

  Nov 19, 2018
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• Indigenous families still struggling for equal health care: Jordan’s Principle summit

  First Nation families say they are struggling to get wheelchairs, beds and other health-care services for their children.

  Health

  Sep 12, 2018
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• Tubal ligations of Aboriginal women in Saskatoon ‘troubling’: Bennett

  Canada's Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett calls report into tubal ligation procedures in Saskatoon “completely troubling.”

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2017