Mr. Chairman, just to assure the Member that in the use of the Kitikmeot boarding home, patients from the central Arctic get the first call, and when there is room other patients are put into the boarding home. There are occasions when some of the patients who come from Yellowknife for treatment like to stay in private homes, or in another areas, so the first call on bed space is for Kitikmeot residents. Very soon the area in the Kitikmeot boarding home that was for the care person in that facility will be turned into an additional six to eight beds, once the kitchen area can be secured and the caretaker can move to other accommodation. In the long term, in determining the ongoing needs of the patients, this is the total planning that we are doing for all the catchment area using the Yellowknife hospital. We do not only have to do work for Kitikmeot, but for Fort Simpson and the Inuvik region. The overall planning for how their new tracks of patient are coming in, is changing. It is not as we originally suspected. Certainly the people of Kitikmeot get first call at the boarding home unless they request to stay at a couple of the other places, because they like the people who run the private home.
Nellie Cournoyea on Committee Motion 31-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 31
In the Legislative Assembly on November 27th, 1992. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 31-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 31
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
November 26th, 1992
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
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