T'itq'et First Nations members have taken matters into their own hands, forming their own emergency health response team in the wake of repeated ER closures.
The Lillooet band is coming up with a creative solution to emergency room closures. They are creating a team to respond to health-care emergencies. Darya Zagar reports.“We understand that our local doctors and nurses are tired, but at the same time Interior Health should be working on working with the smaller towns,” T’it’q’et First Nation Chief Sid Scotchman told Global News.
Lillooet’s mayor is creating a panel composed of councillors, health-care workers and First Nations members to tackle the growing problem.Trump names RFK Jr., anti-vaccine activist, as U.S. health secretary“That’s why I’m reaching out to other communities and trying to build this team because this is so personal to me,” she told Global News.
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