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Margaret Gray Nursing Station

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Lakeside Rd
Cat Lake First Nation
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807-347-2110
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Fax: 807-347-2140
iconPath Nursing Station: Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm


Emergency Service: Mon-Sun 24 hours
Last Updated: May 8, 2025: Suggest an edit

Application

  • Appointments strongly recommended

  • Home visits require prior arrangements

Eligibility / Target Population

Members of Cat Lake First Nation

Fees

None

Languages

English

Language Notes

Interpretation available

Area Served

Cat Lake First Nation

Accessibility Note

Fully accessible

Description of Services

The Margaret Gray Nursing Station burned to the ground on Saturday, March 2nd, 2024. Temporary facilities have been put in place.

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


Services and Programs:


About Us

Tribal Council: Windigo First Nations
Primary Tribal Organization: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN)Treaty #9***Emergency medical evacuations are by air ambulance to the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre***

Last Updated: May 8, 2025: Suggest an edit
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