Montreal Gets its 1st Native Family Health Clinic

Montreal’s 1^st Native Family Health Clinic has been announced. An announcement was made today. Executive Director of Native Montreal, Philippe Meilleur was Herb Rice’s guest on Tetawathartha, the Party Line talk show on K1037 today:

“We have created the 1st Indigenous governed family clinic here in Montreal. Native Montreal already offers intervention services, youth mobilization services, cultural services and of course we knew that our membership needed more support to access 1st line health care services. What we have created is essentially access to a family doctor, nurses, elders knowledge keepers and our case workers, as well as health navigators that can help when people have to leave our clinic and go into the other institutions.”

Meilleur on the intent of the initiative:

“The goal being that we can finally offer a full spectrum of wrap-around holistic help. As we’ve all heard our health has to be holistic and making that a reality is the challenge that we have started to take on.”

The clinic is located at 3187 Saint-Jacques, suite 101, with today’s event held at the Native Friendship Centre.