Healthcare changes

Effective Dec. 31, 2009 the Sioux Lookout Zone Family Physicians Association (SLZFPA) has dissolved its corporation. The SLZFPA provided services to 25 of the Sioux Lookout Zone communities.

February 4, 2010: Volume 37 #3, Page A5

Jan. 1 all SLZFPA support staff, their roles, and the services provided to the 25 communities were transferred over to the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA).

Former SLZFPA employees are now a part of the SLFNHA’s Primary Health Care Unit, which is based out of the SLFNHA’s main office in Sioux Lookout.

A SLFNHA press release said that the physicians of former SLZFPA will still continue to work in the Sioux Lookout Zone, and have all signed letters of agreement with the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) and SLFNHA.

All the scheduled community clinics and hospital coverage will continue and the SLFNHA is anticipating that all physician services in all the communities will not be disrupted by the amalgamation of the two organizations.