Medical Transportation
Driving You to Good Health
This program serves the medical needs of Citizens by providing safe, reliable and courteous transportation to both NCN members and non-treaty residents.
This program transports locals to and from the Fanny Hartie Medical Centre, and dialysis patients and bloodwork to Thompson and back 4 times a week. It also brings Citizens to Thompson for medical appointments, and helps to connect them to further transportation to Winnipeg as required, by bus or plane.
Every year, approximately 4,000 patient trips to and from medical appointments are provided by the Medical Transportation team, which employs five full-time drivers. Transportation for dialysis and bloodwork is provided on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, while bloodwork and prescription pick-ups are performed every Monday and Tuesday.
Watch for us around town! Our fleet includes:
- 2021 Ford Transit cargo van
- 2021 Chevy Suburban
- 2021 Chevy Express van
- 2021 Dodge ProMaster cargo van
Goals & Objectives
- To keep paramedics in the community in the case of an emergency, rather than using those professionals for travel that is not life-threatening.
- To make sure citizens who are unable to drive themselves have a safe way to get to medical appointments.
This program currently operates in Nelson House. If you are in a different community, contact your local sub-office to ask about similar opportunities.