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Program: Sandy Lake Nursing Station
Organizations: Sandy Lake First Nation
Phone Numbers: 807-774-6131
Fax: 807-774-1585
Address: PO Box 20 c/o Nursing Station
Sandy Lake, ON
P0V 1V0
Street
Address: 		Nursing Station
Sandy Lake First Nation
Location:
  • Functions as the nursing station for the community of Sandy Lake First Nation
  • Also houses the medical transportation services
Accessibility: Wheelchair Accessible      Wheelchair Accessible
Hours: Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm
Contacts: Joan Rae - Health Director
807-774-1133
Service Description: Operates a self government and is responsible for the day to day operations of the Sandy Lake First Nation
  • Independent First Nation (No Tribal Council affiliation)
  • Political Territorial Organization: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN)
  • Treaty #5


Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members
  • Coordinates health care services through Nursing station
  • Provides physician consultations a few days per month with a visiting physician from Sioux Lookout
  • Provides health awareness and counselling, education and prevention workshops especially in the areas of diabetes and alcohol/drug abuse
  • Coordinates clinics/workshops in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
  • Offers a palliative care program when required
Addresses individual health care needs by providing:
  • Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
  • Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
  • Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
  • Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments
Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)
  • Provides access to specialized medical care using videoconferencing and other tele-diagnostic equipment
  • Allows specialists to remotely examine and prescribe treatments to patients in their home communities
  • Reduces the need to travel to receive care
  • Participates in Thunder Bay's Regional Critical Care Response Program (RCCR) as a pilot site with other First Nation communities which enables patients to now be triaged and cared for by critical care doctors and other highly-skilled staff at Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre's Intensive Care Unit via videoconferencing equipment prior to air transfer via Orng

Services and Programs:
Fees: None
Application: Booked appointments recommended
Eligibility - Population(s) Served: Members of Sandy Lake First Nation
Languages: English
Area(s) Served: Sandy Lake First Nation

This information was last completely updated on: 8-18-2025


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About Us

Independent First Nation (No Tribal Council affiliation)
Provincial Territorial Organization: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN)
Treaty #5
Reserve is approximately 227 km NE of Red Lake, on the NW end of Sandy Lake along the Manitoba border