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Operates an Indigenous Health Access Centre that provides health care services including:

• Assistance with medical devices
• Completion of medical and treatment forms
• Diabetes care
• Follow up with clients that have chronic diseases
• Foot care services
• Health, nutrition education and counselling
• Hospital visits
• Immunizations
• Mental Health Services
• Prenatal and postnatal care
• Referrals to other services or agencies
• Routine annual physicals
• Sexual health advice, counselling, testing and treatment
• Treatment of illnesses
• Well children and baby care

Health care team consists of a Physician, Nurse Practitioners, Mental Health Counselor, Diabetes Educator, Registered Dietitian, Registered Physiotherapist, and a Registered Practical Nurse

Provides a confidential occupational health and wellness service for the workplace that promotes physical, mental, and social well being for employees

Provides a variety of on-site services, some of which include:

• Physical exams
• Medical surveillance for designated substances
• Diagnostic services
• Immunizations/TB Testing
• Respirator fit testing
• Spirometry
• Hearing and vision testing
• Flu shot clinic
• Stress testing
• Vaccinations

We are continuing to 'see' patients and will be using virtual visits (telephone or video) as much as possible. If you have a medical concern, please CALL YOUR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER and feel free to ask for a virtual visit. At this time, we will be deferring all nonessential visits.

• Operates as a community-based health centre offering primary health care and patient-focused health care programs and services
• Provides a multidisciplinary care team comprised of many physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, and allied health professionals
• Offers more than a dozen clinical programs, a large diagnostic imaging facility and the largest physiotherapy department in Sault Ste Marie

Services and programs include:

• Breast health
• Diabetes care and education
• Respiratory care program
• Anticoagulation program
• Audiology clinic
• Cardiac rehab
• Congestive heart failure program
• Diagnostic imaging
• Foot care
• Hep and HIV/AIDS care program
• Nutritional services
• Obstetrics and gynecology
• Occupational health and wellness services
• Opthamology
• Pediatrics
• Phototherapy services
• Physical therapy
• Same day clinic
• Surgery

Community health centre

• Provides a range of responsive individual, family and community programs and services for the complete life journey of all Anishinabek people
• Cares for the physical health, mental health, and the health of the communities where Anishinabek people live by promoting wellness, preventing illness and trauma, and providing diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation

Offers a variety of programs and services including:

• Child welfare services
• Community health services
• Cultural programs and services
• Mental health and addiction services including walk-in clinics

Note: Not all programs and services are available at the branch offices. Contact the local office to determine what services are offered in community

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Offers prenatal and postpartum health care
• Offers wellness groups for men and women
• Provides smoking cessation programs and counselling
• Provides traditional ceremonies for health issues, information about traditional herbs and medicines and consultations with traditional healers

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
• Education and information about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE)
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Mental health counselling, case management and referrals to other service providers and programs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

Nursing station providing basic medical and health care services

• Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members
• Coordinates health care services through the Margaret Gray Nursing Station; health team consists of three community health nurses, home-care nurse and a community health representative
• Provides physician consultations one week per month through a visiting physician from Sioux Lookout
• Provides health awareness and counselling, education and prevention workshops especially in the areas of diabetes and problematic alcohol and substance use
• Coordinates clinics/workshops in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Provides mental health services including counselling
• Coordinates visits from dentists and optometrists twice per year

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

• Provides programs and services that promote physical and mental health for community members from children to elders
• Participates in teaching with a regular rotation of medical students and residents from Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM)
• Provides snacks, transportation and childcare for all programs
• Provides a monthly calendar with listing of all programs
• Coordinates an Ontario Telemedicine Network site

Focuses on direct, clinical services including:

• Consultations with family physicians and visiting professionals
• Education on health issues such as diabetes, pre/post natal health, nutrition, sexual health etc
• Environmental health
• Foot care clinics
• Laboratory and diagnostic services (limited)
• Perinatal care

Programs include:

• Elderly and Disabled Services
• Infant Development Planning
• Non-Insured Medical Benefits
• Medical Transportation

Offers awareness and outreach programs to meet the health needs of community members in the following areas:

• Health Programs
• Family Wellness
• Addictions and Mental Health
• Early Childhood Development and Healthy Babies Healthy Children (includes Family Home Visits and Maternal Child Health Program)
• Elderly and Disabled Social Services
• Community Cultural Awareness

Also provides:

• Band representation in Child Welfare protection issues
• Support and assistance in policy development for the Human Resource department

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

Provides programs and services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Provides health and wellness awareness and education, activities and training to meet health needs within community
• Facilitates once-weekly services of a visiting Physician
• Coordinates clinics through the Community Health Nurse in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Offers prenatal and postpartum health care
• Provides smoking cessation programs and counselling upon request
• Provides traditional ceremonies for health issues, information about traditional herbs and medicines and consultations with traditional healers
• Works with the Northshore Tribal Council health department for the provision of primary health care, chronic disease nurse, dietitian, mental health counselling and physiotherapy

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
• Education and information about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE)
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Mental health counselling, case management and referrals to other service providers and programs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

Provides programs and services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Coordinates health care services as a department of the band office
• Facilitates consultations through visiting professionals such as a physician, nurse practitioner, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, registered dietitian, chiropodist and a mental health counsellor
• 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, Environmental Health, Immunization, Pre/Post Natal Health, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases

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

Provides services and programs that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Partners with Mnaamodzawin Health Services Inc to provide health services and programs to community members
• Coordinates consultations with visiting professionals including Doctors and Nurse Practitioners
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates regular foot care sessions with visiting Foot Care Nurse
• 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

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Partners with Mnaamodzawin Health Services Inc and Noojmowin Teg Health Centre to provide health services and programs to community members
• Coordinates consultations with visiting professionals including Doctors and Nurse Practitioners
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates regular foot care sessions with visiting Foot Care Nurse
• Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards
• Administers various health programs/services for community members

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

Provides a primary health care clinic for Indigenous individuals and families

• Coordinates professional services through Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Diabetes Nurse Educator, Registered Dietitian, Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist, Mental Health Therapist and Traditional Healers
• Offers a combination of Indigenous traditional healing methods and Western medical practices
• Provides treatment of illnesses and offers routine annual physicals
• Coordinates documentation if patient receives care from a member of the team
• Provides well children and baby care, prenatal and postnatal care
• Administers immunizations
• Offers basic and advanced foot care services and clinics
• Provides diabetes education and effective ways to manage the disease
• Offers health, nutrition education and counselling and referrals to other health care professionals
• Provides follow-up care and management of chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, arthritis and diabetes

Offers a variety of programs and services including the following:

• Community Support Services
• Diabetes Program
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Project
• Mental Wellness and Minobimaadizing Program
• Traditional Health

Provides programs and services that promote physical and mental health for community members through a health clinic

• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas including Blood Pressure, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates basic foot care sessions
• Offers a diabetic clinic and a registered dietitian
• Provides physiotherapy services
• Provides mental health counselling once per week with a visiting professional

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
• Prenatal classes and post-natal visits
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs

• Provides programs and services that promote physical and mental health for community members
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas including Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Immunization (influenza) and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates basic foot care sessions in individual's home or at office
• Provides education and information about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• 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

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Provides all health services from the Michipicoten Health Centre through a visiting Nurse Practitioner, Community Health Representative, Community Health Promotions Worker, Family Support Worker and other professionals
• Provides health and wellness education, activities and training to meet health needs within community
• Provides referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Offers advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals

Provides programs and services that promote physical and mental health for community members through a health clinic

• Coordinates appointments with visiting professionals including Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas including Blood Pressure, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates basic foot care sessions
• Offers a diabetic clinic and a visiting registered dietitian once per week
• Offers services of a visiting psychiatrist twice per month
• Provides mental health counselling

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
• Prenatal classes and post-natal visits
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Coordinates consultations with visiting professionals including Doctors and Nurse Practitioners
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates regular foot care sessions with visiting chiropodist
• 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

Health centre focused on family and community health

• Offers primary health care services through a medical clinic and outreach programs
• Provides clinical services through Physicians, Nurse Practitioners and Traditional Healers
• Offers a combination of Indigenous traditional healing methods and Western medical practices
• Provides chronic disease management and prevention, pre/postnatal care, nutrition, health education, health promotion, and counselling
• Provides referrals to other service providers and specialists
• Coordinates and hosts a public Child Poverty Task Force to address food-related health challenges in at-risk communities on Manitoulin Island; Task Force also compiled the Community Food Security Directory for Manitoulin
• Collaborates with Mnaamodzawin Regional Health Authority and all First Nation Health Centres/Services on Manitoulin Island as well as other health service providers
• Publishes a monthly newsletter online

• Provides health services to improve the health and well-being of individuals at each stage of their life
• Offers services targeted to children, youth, adults, elders, and families as a whole
• Focuses on Anishinabe teachings and the medicine wheel as part of service delivery

General health services provided for all age groups as applicable include:

• Blood drawn clinics
• Blood pressure clinics
• Communicable disease control
• Developmental screening
• Diabetes prevention and education
• Health and nutrition education
• Home care
• Immunizations
• Prenatal and postnatal workshops (individual or group)
• Puberty and sexuality education
• School health

Serves as a regional health authority for five First Nation communities

• Ensures access to high quality holistic services which promote personal, family and community responsibility to health care
• Works with community members, political leadership, families and community groups to optimize the health and well-being of community members

Coordinates the following programs and services:

• Community Mental Health
• Community Health
• Diabetes
• Healthy Babies Healthy Children
• Home Care
• Maternal Child Health Program

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Coordinates health care services through visiting Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Community Health representative and community health workers
• 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
• Coordinates health initiatives/activities such as Health Fairs, community garden for community members

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one prenatal/postnatal care with the community health representative
• 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

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Coordinates consultations with visiting professionals including Doctors and Nurse Practitioners
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Combines both traditional health and Western medical practices

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Referrals to other regional health services
• 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