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Lower Kootenay Band celebrates health services with open house

The Wilfred Jacobs building opened last year with a new health clinic
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Lower Kootenay Health staff unveils a new sign. (Lower Kootenay Health Facebook photo)

The Lower Kootenay Band (LKB) is benefitting from improved access to health services since the opening of the Wilfred Jacobs Building in 2022.

The 13,365-sq.ft. facility houses LKB administration and health staff, including a full-time registered nurse on site and other visiting physicians once per month.

On May 31, community members were welcomed to an open house and barbecue to learn more about what health services are offered and meet the providers. At the event, health care workers explained their roles in an information session.

Those who attended were also invited to paint their hand prints on the hallways of the health centre to not only bring in colour, but to showcase the belonging of the building to the LKB community.

Nasukin Jason Louie points to the sign, that matches one outside Summit Medical Clinic in Creston. It was gifted by Dr. Kurt Jordan, one the physicians will be practicing at the Wilfred Jacobs clinic once a month.(Lower Kootenay Health Facebook photo)
Nasukin Jason Louie points to the sign, that matches one outside Summit Medical Clinic in Creston. It was gifted by Dr. Kurt Jordan, one the physicians will be practicing at the Wilfred Jacobs clinic once a month.(Lower Kootenay Health Facebook photo)


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