Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It would be best to invest in infrastructure to repatriate certain specialities, for instance, nephrology. People on dialysis have to be relocated to the south on a permanent basis until they are eligible for a kidney donor. It's very sad to see, especially unilingual elders havi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] Special eye care comes to the communities maybe once or twice a year. They have very limited time in the community. Those who want to see the eye specialist do not all get seen. Children, especially, who have eye problems are

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] Yes. We ordinary people have support systems. We have people and counsellors whom we rely on for mental and spiritual health. We all need that in order to be whole and healthy. Traditional Inuit should be involved in traditi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] Yes, I will write the report to you and explain the situation of what happened. It's a very good case study of how we can be more community-based when it comes to healing and assisting our people.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] The escorts who are interpreters and assistants and who aid the patient leave their full-time jobs, often without pay, to take time off to do this service. It is very important. They should be called a patient navigator and b

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question, Ms. Gill. [Witness spoke in Inuktitut.] A lot of people do leave the north due to a lack of housing. For sure, that's one big important reason, but most of the patients and escorts do go back home. A lot of people from the north will leave the no

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Nakurmiik. Ullaakut. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you, members of the committee. My name is Maggie Putulik. I'm here today as the vice-president for health services for the Nunasi Corporation. I would like to start off by saying that it is an honour for me to talk to you