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The Athabasca Health Facility completed in 2003 at the cost of $12.7 million provides health care services to the Athabasca region. The hospital, located on reserve land (Chicken 224) adjacent to the northern hamlet of Stony Rapids, is part of the Athabasca Health Authority .
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is the single health region of the province of Saskatchewan.It is a health authority providing direct and contracted health services including primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care, home and community care, mental health services, population and preventive health and addictions services to the people of Saskatchewan.
Battlefords District Care Centre: Battleford: Prairie North: Battlefords Union Hospital: North Battleford: Prairie North: Big River Hospital: Big River: Broadview Union Hospital: Broadview: Regina Qu'Appelle: Canora Hospital: Canora: Cut Knife Health Complex: Cut Knife: Prairie North: Fort San Sanatorium: Fort San
This includes the maintenance and improvement of the health of the Canadian population, which is "among the healthiest in the world as measured by longevity, lifestyle and effective use of the public health care system." [24] Health Canada, a federal department, publishes a series of surveys of the healthcare system in Canada. [25]
Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation (Assiniboine: Ceġa'kin Nakoda Oyadebi [Chay-gah-keen oya-day], "Carries the kettle", [2] [3] also known as Assiniboine First Nation or Assiniboine 76) is a Nakota (Assiniboine) First Nation in Canada located about 80 km (50 mi) east of Regina, Saskatchewan and 13 km (8.1 mi) south of Sintaluta.
The policy reasoned that improvements to the health status of Indigenous peoples should be built on three pillars: (1) community development, both socio-economic and cultural/spiritual, to remove the conditions which limit the attainment of well-being; (2) the traditional trust relationship between Indian people and the federal government; and ...
In 1874, Treaty 4, which brokered the sale of indigenous land to the British Crown, was established between Queen Victoria and the Cree and Saulteaux First Nations. On September 15 of the same year, Kaneonuskatew (or, in his English name of George Gordon) was among the first of the Indigenous leaders to make the agreement, signing as Chief of the George Gordon First Nation. [3]
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health is responsible for policy direction, sets and monitors standards, and provides funding for regional health authorities and provincial health services. Saskatchewan's health system is a single-payer system. Medical practitioners in Saskatchewan are independent contractors.