Health Checks to Begin For All Kahnawakero:non

The calls from health care professionals will begin tomorrow to check up on the health of every resident in Kahnawake. They will talk to each resident about the symptoms of Covid-19 and whether or not testing is needed at the home.

Kateri Memorial Hospital Center Executive Director Lisa Westaway says the testing site in the community will be opening Monday only at 1 PM. Westaway said that because the directives from Quebec have changed, they are no longer able to accept patients for the long-term care beds at the KMHC regardless if they have a negative test for Covid-19. It is due to many transfers from hospitals to long term care facilities that Quebec admits actually contributed to high rate of cases and high rate of deaths in the province. Westaway said this significantly impacts Kahnawake. If you have a family member who is receiving home care services and whose situation may deteriorate quickly, then they can arrange to increase the home care services, or to send the patient to a palliative care facilities outside of Kahnawake. “I know this is not something that anybody wants from our community. We do not want to transfer our loved ones to a hospital outside of Kahnawake. However, that is a possibility should we require it.”