The Joyce's Principle Office says the cultural safety bill doesn't go far enough, because of the government's continued refusal to acknowledge the existence of systemic racism.
A new Indigenous healthcare clinic was officially opened with a blessing at the Queen Elizabeth Health Complex in Notre-Dame-de-Grace on Tuesday. The new service is described as an urgent care clinic that s been 15 years in the making, but not one that s meant to only offer care that will restore a person s physical health, said Michael Standup, a traditional healer.
Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) said they welcome some advances in Quebec s new cultural safety in healthcare law, but also are disappointed with how the bill was tabled.
The Kilala Lelum mobile health-care unit in Vancouver that offers everything from stitches to prescribing treatment for opioid addiction is providing a way to reach patients who may otherwise avoid doctors and hospitals.