Shamattawa First Nation has not had landline telephone service since July 3. Since then at least one elder home alone has had a medical emergency and was left desperate for help, said Chief Jordna Hill.
The federal government has recently been operating these stations with only two-thirds of the nurses that are required, response to an order paper question from an NDP MP shows
A group of Manitoba chiefs is calling for immediate action from the federal government to address what they call a health-care crisis causing preventable deaths on northern First Nations in the province.
The heath care provided by federal nursing stations is inadequate and costs people their lives, Northern Manitoba chiefs and MP Niki Ashton sayid April 73