Temporary midwives to be requested for Kivalliq region through new contract – Nunatsiaq News
May 31, 2021
Three midwives planned in Rankin Inlet so one can travel to Baker Lake or Arviat, says Health Department
Rankin Inlet could get temporary midwives as early as this summer, through a contract the territorial government has signed with a southern-Canada based health-care company.
Bayshore HealthCare was awarded a multi-year contract last month to become the Nunavut government’s primary nursing and midwife provider.
“The plan is to have three midwives in Rankin Inlet and depending on availability, assign one midwife in Arviat and one midwife in Baker Lake as required,” Danarae Sommerville, a spokesperson with the department, said in an email.
