Question 153-20(1): Dialysis Access in Inuvik  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And, yes -- and I'm glad that the Member -- you know, we work closely with Alberta Health Services' dialysis service to provide this service using their policies and stuff, and they do take training to be dialysis nurses. So it's the same as we have an end

Question 153-20(1): Dialysis Access in Inuvik  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to be clear. Diabetes is a disease on its own. Kidney disease is a separate disease. It affects the kidneys and it's not -- you know, it's not the same. So although we have -- you know, on one hand we have lots of people with diabetes a

Question 153-20(1): Dialysis Access in Inuvik  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, having the dialysis equipment in Inuvik, you know, we have a lot of people that might need -- that have kidney disease but not all of them, and then I think in the territories we have 568 residents living with some degree of kidney disease, an

Question 150-20(1): Diabetes Support Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, you know, I guess I'm confused. With diabetes, people see access outside of Yellowknife. They access the physician. They are able to get their prescriptions for their -- you know, the medication that they're on. They're able to get the -- you

Question 150-20(1): Diabetes Support Services  Yes. Yes, Mr. Speaker.

Question 150-20(1): Diabetes Support Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I think Yellowknife has the dialysis for people that are in kidney failure, and I believe that the last -- last term, the Member from Hay River South advocated very hard for Hay River to have a dialysis and that is currently running there. But as for

Question 150-20(1): Diabetes Support Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm not sure I understand if the question is the direction from the headquarters or -- because in all of the regions, we have regional diabetes educators. We have community health representative workers that work with -- you know, with health promotion and

Question 148-20(1): Healthcare in Small NWT Communities  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, that specific detail I don't have here, but I'm willing to work with the Member and all Members in that hence to get that information and provide it back to the Member on the permanent -- how many permanent health care nurses that we do have.

Question 148-20(1): Healthcare in Small NWT Communities  Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Member for raising this. In the small communities, we -- you know, we tend to get a lot of concerns -- we gotten a lot of concerns in this House when I was a Member, and we continue to hear stories but what I can say is

Question 148-20(1): Healthcare in Small NWT Communities  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And, Mr. Speaker, I can't understate the challenge that we face in the Northwest Territories. You know, I assure this House that we are actively working to improve health care. I've had many discussions with my staff. I've had discussions, you know, from w

Question 148-20(1): Healthcare in Small NWT Communities  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Member for that question. Mr. Speaker, you know, we've heard in this House many times from many members, especially the representatives from the small communities, on health care in the small communities and, you know, we were -- we're

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to recognize Shirley Elias. She's a constituent of mine. She's also one of our interpreters. And I'd also like to thank all the interpreters for this first sitting of the 20th Assembly, and I'm sorry if I spoke too fast, and I'll try

Question 141-20(1): Primary Healthcare Waitlist  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And, yes, I will commit to doing that and making sure that there is some kind of information that can go out to Members and to -- a communique on how this list is monitored. Thank you.

Question 141-20(1): Primary Healthcare Waitlist  Thank you. Mr. Speaker, you know, I know that the -- like I mentioned in the House, like I mentioned to the Member, mentioned to you, Mr. Speaker, is that the list is monitored. The questions that I have asked have come from questions that the Member has raised. You know, if ther

Question 141-20(1): Primary Healthcare Waitlist  Thank you, Member, for the question. And after our back and forth on this question the last time, I did try to get more and more of the information that I would be able to provide to the Member. And so the list -- this list has been in place -- it sits within the -- like, the --