First Nations in northern Ontario facing COVID surge amid health-care worker shortage COVID19
Dr. Lloyd Douglas, a public health physician with the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority, said the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in certain First Nation communities have put an “additional burden” on health-care services that were already strained before the pandemic.
“We really need to implement policies that will ensure that the workforce for this region in terms of health care is adequate and appropriate, and this can be sustained and maintained for many, many years to come,” he said. While the situation is manageable for now, it’s “really nice” when more health-care workers are sent up north, she said.
Having limited access to health care means many residents of Webequie First Nation who are experiencing mental health issues cannot get the help they need and community members need to be flown out if they have more complex health issues, Wabasse said.
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