Health centres

Services are organized locally and by sub-region — Hudson and Ungava — and delivered through two multi-purpose facilities, the Inuulitsivik Health Centre in Puvirnituq and the Ungava Tulattavik Health Centre in Kuujjuaq. These institutions provide general hospital services and specialized care (25 beds per centre) as well as long-term hospital care. Both centres offer midwife care services.

The Ungava Tulattavik Health Centre, in partnership with the municipality of Kuujjuaq, the Kativik Municipal Housing Bureau and the Nunavik regional board of health and social services, maintains a residential facility with 12 beds for people with reduced autonomy. The facility includes a day centre for visitors and Kuujjuaq residents with reduced autonomy.

Other services are available, including child and youth protection (there are two youth protection departments, one in each sub-region) and a regional rehabilitation centre. The facilities include a regional rehabilitation centre with 14 beds in Salluit, two sub-regional group homes with eight beds each in Puvirnituq and Kuujjuaq and two specialized resources with four beds each for children aged 6-12 in Kuujjuarapik and Kuujjuaq. There is also a CLSC in each of the 14 communities.

The CLSC in each community includes a team of professionals from various fields and disciplines. These teams provide a range of health care and social services to the population. The composition of the teams varies from one community to the next, depending on the population size and the team’s functions.

Secondary health care services are limited in Nunavik. The use of resources outside of the region is the norm for almost all specialized examinations and treatments. Some services are offered by the two health centres through visiting specialists such as gynaecologists, psychiatrists, orthopaedic specialists, etc. If specialized or ultra-specialized services cannot be provided in the North, the patient will be referred to resources in the south, based on agreements with the Réseau Universitaire Intégré de Santé (RUIS) at McGill or other agreements.

A patient services unit in Montréal serves as a liaison and a support mechanism in the event of a patient transfer, ensuring the delivery of reception, transportation, housing, interpreting services. It also communicates with institutions in the North.

The Inuulitsivik Health Centre manages a regional crisis centre with five beds in Puvirnituq and a rehabilitation centre in Inukjuak, offering secondary mental health services.