‘If a child requires services under general anaesthetic in the hospital they have some serious dental health problems,’ chief dental officer says as hundreds of children wait for treatment.
Tag: Nunavut
Inuk woman ‘begging and pleading’ for help fighting tuberculosis in Nunavut
Bernice Clarke’s mother was sick with tuberculosis and succumbed to complications resulting from treatment in 2015. Now Clarke is asking why she’s still “begging and pleading” the government for help as Nunavut’s tuberculosis crisis continues.
Youth suicides, violence: Nunavut community of Pangnirtung calling out for help amid ‘sense of desperation’
A dozen youth in a remote community in Nunavut attempted suicide this past February. The next month calls to RCMP doubled. Now, officials are descending on Pangnirtung next week after receiving a desperate plea for help.
‘It was too late for us’: Nunavut mother says son’s pneumonia death preventable
A mother from Igloolik, Nunavut, says her four-year-old son’s death could have been prevented if he had been medevaced for care sooner instead of being sent home multiple times during what she says was a shortage of nurses at the local health centre.
Fighting tuberculosis in Nunavut means addressing much more than just the disease
Nunavut’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Kim Barker says her department is developing a strategy to reduce stigma, increase understanding of treatment protocols and address the colonial history of tuberculosis.
Major effort underway to fight tuberculosis outbreak in Nunavut community
An emergency tuberculosis clinic is taking over the community hall in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, on Feb. 5. The mobile clinic will run for seven to 10 weeks and will screen every person in the community of 600 for the disease.
Suicides in Nunavut hit 10-year low, but still too many, advocate says
Nunavut had 25 deaths by suicide in 2017, marking the fewest total in 10 years, and the second year in a row the territory has seen a drop in suicides.
‘I can’t do this on my own’: Returning from rehab in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Three women have come to rely on each other after completing a unique treatment program in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. But they’re also grappling with pressures and relapses in a small community. CBC | Health News
28 days on the land: Is this the future of addictions treatment in Nunavut?
After nearly two decades without a residential addictions treatment facility in Nunavut, the community of Cambridge Bay has found its own culturally-tailored solution: a mobile treatment centre on the land. CBC | Health News
Nunavut funds community-based suicide prevention plan
The Nunavut government is spending $ 35 million, and working with Facebook, to make its largest push yet in tackling the suicide crisis. CBC | Health News
