Health Services

 

Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO) Health Services coordinates the delivery of community-based projects and administers regional health programming and services. Health Services works in collaboration with the KO Health Advisory Committee and the member First Nation health staff to support capacity building and ongoing formalized training. Health services include crisis intervention, mental health counselling and holistic care, home and community care, Indian Residential School Survivor Program, Liaison with regional health partners and patient services in Red Lake.

 

KO Health Services Advisory Committee (KOHAC) provides leadership and input into KO health services planning. KOHAC enables KO Health Services to respond to uniques community needs quickly and effectively.

 

Lorelei Kakepetum - Health Director/KOHAC Chair - McDowell Lake

Barbara Strang - Health Director - Poplar Hill

Geraleane Meekis - Health Director - Deer Lake

Tony Kakegamik - Health Director - North Spirit Lake

James Kakepetum - Health Director - Keewaywin

Daisy Kabestra - Health Director  - Fort Severn

 

KO's community Health priorities are also represented through participation in the following committees:

 

Sioux Lookout First Nation Health Authority Board

Oshki Pimacheowin Education Training Institute Advisory Committee

Sioux Lookout Menoyawin Health Centre

The COO Chiefs Committee on Health Sioux Zone

Nishnawbe-Aski Nation Health Planning Group