Indigenous health strategy bridges traditional and western approaches

BCHS Indigenous health strategy aims to further “bridge traditional approaches to health and wellness with the technical practices of western medicine"

A hospital near the most populous First Nation in Canada has debuted its first Indigenous health strategy.

Around five per cent of Brantford’s population identified as Indigenous as of the 2021 census profile. But the Brantford General Hospital and Willett Urgent Care Centre in Paris — both overseen by Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) — also serve residents from the neighbouring Six Nations of the Grand River, and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.