First Nations Health Ombudsperson Has Received over 500 Complaints | CBC Embedded-Only

First Nations health ombudsperson has received over 500 complaints | CBC Embedded-Only

The First Nations health ombudsperson Diane Lafond said she's received around 500 complaints in the two years since the office opened. The majority come from remote northern Indigenous communities.

First Nations health ombudsman heard around 500 complaints: report

The health ombudsman for First Nations in Saskatchewan says the complaints she's received so far are reaffirming that health care is still lagging for Indigenous people in the province.

First Nations Health Ombudsperson releases inaugural report

Saskatchewan’s First Nations Health Ombudsperson says First Nation people in the province continue to face ongoing discrimination in the province’s health care systems. The ombudsperson’s office released its first inaugural report Monday morning. The advocacy office was officially formed in 2023 following a motion from chiefs at the FSIN assembly in 2017 calling for the development of a First Nations health advocacy office. The inaugural report …