Healthcare and Social Services

Mary Berglund Community Health Centre

Mary Berglund Community Health Centre provides primary health care, health promotion, and mental health services and programs through a multidisciplinary team. Services are delivered by family physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, a physiotherapist, foot care nurses, a health promoter, a social service worker, mental health therapist and a community health worker. A child psychologist, speech-language pathologist, pediatrician, and OBGYN also attend the health centre on a regular basis. The Centre has a unique focus on supporting rural and remote community members and offers a range of programs that address the social determinants of health.

Community Health Centre Hours

Contact: Heidi West, ED
Phone: 807-934-2674

Services at Mary Berglund Community Health Centre

Northwestern Health Unit

Located in the Mary Berglund Community Health Centre,

Contact:
Twyla Berube, Public Health Nurse
Yvonne Dungey, HE/PA, Health Educator
Phone: 807-934-2236
Website: www.nwhu.on.ca

Social Servics Worker
Contact: Tamika Stuart
Phone: 807-934-2834

Dryden Regional Mental Health & Addiction Services
Phone: 807-934-2834
Website: www.drhc.on.ca

Health Promotion
Phone: 807-220-1891

Ignace Food Bank
Address: Beaver Street, Ignace, ON P0T 1T0
Phone: 807-934-2464

Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River

Contact: Lori Russell
Phone: 807-223-6294

Hoshizaki House Dryden District Crisis Shelter

Address: PO Box 974. Dryden, ON P8N 3E3
Phone: 807-223-3226

Kenora-Rainy River Districts Child and Family Services

Kenora-Rainy River Districts Child and Family Services is a non-profit community organization funded by the Government of Ontario, legally mandated to protect children and youth from abuse and neglect through the Child and Family Services Act. The Agency spans two districts, Kenora and Rainy River, which is a large portion of Northwestern Ontario.

Address: 820 Lakeview Drive, Kenora, ON P9N 3P7
Phone: 807-467-5437
Fax: 807-467-5539
Website: www.krrcfs.ca

Tikinagan Child and Family Services

Tikinagan Child and Family Services is a community-based child welfare agency rooted in and accountable to the First Nations communities they serve. They consist of a large team of residential care workers, child care workers, family service workers, community-based prevention workers, intake workers, and administrative staff. Tikinagan has agreements with Kenora-Rainy River Districts Child and Family Services to provide child protection services to the families from communities who reside in Atikokan, Dryden, Ear Falls, Fort Frances, Ignace, Kenora, Rainy River, Red Lake and Sioux Lookout.

Address: P.O. Box 627 65 King Street, Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B1
Phone: 807-737-3466
Toll Free: 800-465-3624
Fax: 807-737-3543 (General)
Fax: 807-737-4954 (Intake Unit)
Website: tikinagan.org

Telehealth Ontario

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Phone: 866-797-0000