New health centre in northwestern Ontario aims to shore up rural healthcare in the region
2022-06-27 from cbc.ca
Two healthcare organizations in northwestern Ontario are teaming up to improve care for people in rural areas around Thunder Bay.
Evergreen Pharmacy and NorWest Community Health Centres have formed a partnership, which will see both organizations sharing space in a new building in Kakabeka Falls.
The building will include a pharmacy operated by Evergreen, as well as a NorWest clinic that will allow the expansion of health care services for patients who live in regional communities.
NorWest's mobile health centres have been working with regional municipalities for years, said the agency's CEO Juanita Lawson, but there are challenges with that system.
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