Aboriginal Liaison Nurse

We can advocate on your behalf and help you with:

• Discharge planning and communication with community contacts
• Understanding health care issues
• Support for you and your family during a hospital stay
• Accessing Non Insured Health Benefits as needed (NTC / ITHA)
• Getting a compassionate parking pass for one family member
• Referrals to community services
• Referral to Pastoral Care if you ask for it
• Access to the All Nations' Healing Room in the Patient Care Centre

As an Aboriginal patient, you have a right to:

• Be cared for in a respectful, dignified and culturally safe manner by competent health care professionals.
• Privacy and confidentiality of your health information.
• Be consulted and actively participate in decisions about your health care.
• Request access to the information in your health record.
• Be acknowledged as an individual.
• Ask questions about your health care.
• Freedom from verbal, physical and sexual abuse, or neglect.
• Refuse to have students, residents and other training present during your appointment or examination.
• Get a second opinion from another doctor.
• Refuse treatment, unless you have a serious communicable disease that could harm other people such as TB or Syphilis.

To learn more, click a link to a hospital / friendship centre below or contact a nurse: