Ripple effects
CHEO doctor's OHSNI clinic experience has lasting impact
How a CHEO surgeon's idea is changing hearing testing in the North
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OHSNI was proud to be part of the recent opening of Aakuluk – a clinic at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. It brings together medical specialists and support personnel like OHSNI interpreters to treat patients from the North more efficiently and in a culturally sensitive way. The clinic is the first of its kind in Canada.
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More than two decades of difference-making
Appointments facilitated
Patients offered service in language of their choice
Specialty clinics held in Nunavut
Patients served
Increase in appointments over three years
Increase in patients over three years
Patients connected
Appointments facilitated
Specialty clinics held
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Download Here's what patients and their families say about OHSNI
My mother was at hospital and did not have a family escort. But Donna was there the whole time with her, keeping me in contact via text messages. I just want to thank OSHNI and her for her amazing work. I am not sure what she would have done without her help and assistance.”
Christie Akittiq Akearok, daughter of an OHSNI client