Indigenous health team to provide primary care in Bancroft, Tyendinaga

As many as 1,200 Indigenous people are to receive primary health care as Ontario provides $1.2 million to opening a health team office in Bancroft and enhancing services in Tyendinaga and Kingston.

The Tsi Kanonhkhwatsheriyo Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Team’s expansion is intended to serve Indigenous people in southeastern Ontario through the three locations.

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It’s part of the provincial plan to connect 300,000 people with primary-care providers this yaer.

“Our government’s investment in the Tsi Kanonhkhwatsheriyo Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Team will add a much-needed new site in Bancroft, connecting more Indigenous community members with culturally safe, team-based primary care close to home,” said Ric Bresee, MPP for Hastings-Lennox and