Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre/CKDR File Photo
The Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre has the opportunity to further its vision of being a Centre of Excellence in First Nations and northern health care.
The SLMHC has been recognized as a pre-designate Best Practice Spotlight Organization through the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario.
For the next three years, SLMHC will participate in a robust work plan to reach designation and provide quality, evidence-based care.
Director of Patient Experience and program lead Sue Anderson says patients and families can expect to see improved engagement by implementing best practice guidelines into their policies.
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While more than local 1,000 local health-care workers have been vaccinated against COVID-19, hundreds more have turned down the shot when offered.
Statistics provided by local long-term care homes show that, at some facilities, fewer than 60 per cent of front-line workers have been vaccinated.
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“These are individuals tasked with the care of some of our community’s most vulnerable and throughout this pandemic they have done a remarkable job of that,” said Dr. Elizabeth Urbantke, Brant’s acting medical officer of health.