A Indigenous organization in Toronto is celebrating the grand opening of a new health care facility that brings together traditional Indigenous healing and Western medicine under one roof.

The Indigenous Health Centre, located in the West Don Lands, will serve more than 90,000 Indigenous people, the majority of whom live below the poverty line, according to Michael Milward, interim executive director of Anishnawbe Health Toronto (AHT), an Indigenous community health care centre.

Milward said the Indigenous health centre, the first of its kind in Ontario, provides a blended model of health care for the Indigenous community in Toronto.

"What we do offer here are both Western health care practices as well as traditional health care practices," he said.

Milward said the centre has traditio

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