- Description
- Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members of Windigo Island
- Coordinates appointments for community members with visiting Nurse Practitioners from Kenora Area Health Access Centre (KAHAC) twice per month
- Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
- Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Dental Hygiene, Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
- Coordinates foot care sessions through visiting specialists
- Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards
- 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 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
- Eligibility
- Members of Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation (Northwest Angle 37) residing on Windigo Island
- Application Process
- Appointments required
- Documents Required
- Valid Ontario health (OHIP) card
- Office
- 807-733-2900 - Health Services, Windigo Island
- Fax
- 807-733-2690
- Mailing Address
- PO Box 267
c/o Windigo Island Health Office
Sioux Narrows, ON, P0X 1N0
Canada - Languages
- English
- Contact
- Asher Powassin, Community Health Representative
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 807-733-2900 - Fees
- None
- Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- May 27, 2025
- Address
- Windigo Island Health Office
Northwest Angle 37 First Nation, ON, P9N 3X7- Health Office is located at Windigo Island in the community of Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation
- Windigo Island is near the Manitoba & Minnesota borders approx 6 mi N of Angle Inlet, Minn and 100 mi SW of Kenora
- Community only accessible by water during summer months and ice road across the lake during winter
Open in Google Maps - Accessibility
- Not Accessible
- Hours of Operation
- Mon-Thu 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4:30 pmMon0900 to 1630Tue0900 to 1630Wed0900 to 1630Thu0900 to 1630
- Service Area(s)
- Northwest Angle 37 First Nation
