Organization: Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA)
Description of Services: Services provided include:
  • acute and chronic care as well as 24 hour emergency services
  • family medicine clinics
  • regional mental health program that serves all communities
  • laboratory services
  • diagnostic imaging (digital mammography, ultrasound and x-ray)
  • WAHA Paramedic Services provides pre-hospital care
  • occupational and rehabilitative services
  • general surgery and anesthesia
  • traditional healing program with counselors and community endorsed Traditional Healers
  • community based clinics regularly host medical specialists in the fields of pediatrics; obstetrics/gynecology; geriatrics rheumatology; ophthalmology; rehabilitation and neurology
  • referral services and tertiary care beyond WAHA is provided primarily by Kingston General Hospital, Timmins District Hospital and Health Sciences North * charter aircraft provides appointment based specialty services to Kingston three times/week for entitled First Nation patients * patients requiring urgent diagnostic tests such as CT scans, ultrasound and MRI’s are transported to Timmins via ORNGE transport


Services and Programs:
Requirements
Fees: Most services covered by OHIP
Accessibility: Partially Accessible      Partially Accessible
Languages: English ; Cree
Area(s) Served: Moose Factory, Moosonee, Attawapiskat First Nation, Fort Albany First Nation, Kashechewan First Nation, MoCreebec Council of the Cree Nation, Moose Cree First Nation, and Weenusk First Nation
Contact Information
Phone Numbers: 705-658-4544
Website: www.waha.ca
Address: PO Box 664
Moose Factory, ON
P0L 1W0
Street
Address: 		19 Hospital Dr
Moose Factory
Map
Intersection: Hospital Dr and Center Rd
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm
Executives: Lynne Innes - Chief Executive Officer
705-658-4544 ext 2318 * lynne.innes@waha.ca

About Us

Oversees the medical services and facilities in communities of Ontario’s James Bay and Hudson Bay coastal regions


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