Press Release
May 27, 2024
Boat Transportation services to and from Weeneebayko General Hospital (WGH) are provided for Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program patients and their escorts, Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) business travellers and non-status patients attending appointments.
Everyone traveling on flight 704 to Kingston must check in with Air Creebec no later than 2 p.m. for 3 p.m. departure. All passengers must provide a valid ID to the ticket agent before boarding the flight.
Remember:
Travel Warrants:
Bags, luggage, and parcels:
Weekday Schedule
DEPARTS | DEPARTS | FREQUENCY | GENERAL INFORMATION | ||||||||||
MOOSONEE | MOOSE FACTORY | ||||||||||||
7:30 a.m. | 7:45 a.m. | DAILY | | Moosonee Dialysis pts (Mon.Wed.Fri.) | |||||||||
Staff travel (last run 7:55 a.m.) | |||||||||||||
DAILY | Patients from Moosonee Hostel to WGH | ||||||||||||
8:30 a.m. | 8:45 a.m. | Patients from Moosonee Health Centre to WGH | |||||||||||
Physicians/visiting specialists to Moosonee Health Centre at 8:45 a.m. | |||||||||||||
10:00 a.m. | 10:15 a.m. | DAILY | Patient discharges: WGH to Moosonee Health Centre & Moosonee Hostel | ||||||||||
Due to conflicting responsibilities, the 10:00 a.m. run for Moosonee patients | |||||||||||||
attending appointments at WGH will not be available during boat season. The | |||||||||||||
Moosonee Clinic Staff will provide a travel warrant for patients/escorts for this | |||||||||||||
time slot only for a public boat taxi from Moosonee to Moose Factory and return | |||||||||||||
or patients/escorts can pay their own way over, obtain a receipt from the public | |||||||||||||
boat taxi driver, and submit for reimbursement from the Moosonee | |||||||||||||
Administration Office. | |||||||||||||
11:00 a.m. | 11:15 a.m. | DAILY | Patient discharges: WGH to Moosonee Health Centre & Moosonee Hostel | ||||||||||
DAILY | Patients from Moosonee Hostel to WGH | ||||||||||||
12:30 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. | Patients from Moosonee Health Centre to WGH | |||||||||||
Flight 704 Kingston passengers from Moose Factory | |||||||||||||
1:00 p.m. | 1:15 p.m. | DAILY | Physicians/visiting specialists to Moosonee Health Centre | ||||||||||
Patient discharges: WGH to Moosonee Health Centre & Moosonee Hostel | |||||||||||||
2:00 p.m. | 2:15 p.m. | DAILY | | Train passengers | |||||||||
Patient discharges: WGH to Moosonee Health Centre & Moosonee Hostel | |||||||||||||
Physicians/visiting specialists for Flight 704 Kingston | |||||||||||||
3:00 p.m. | 3:15 p.m. | DAILY | Patient discharges: WGH to Moosonee Health Centre & Moosonee Hostel | ||||||||||
Physicians/visiting specialists to WGH at 2:45 p.m. | |||||||||||||
4:00 p.m. | 4:15 p.m. | DAILY | Patient discharges: WGH to Moosonee Health Centre & Moosonee Hostel | ||||||||||
Staff travel (last run 4:15 p.m.) |
Patients/escorts discharged from WGH between 4:00 P.M. – 6:30 P.M. will be provided a travel warrant by the discharging department. Patient/escort is to provide local boat taxi driver with travel warrant. Local boat taxi driver will submit for reimbursement with medical transporation or finance.
PRIOR TO DISCHARGE
For any discharges after 3:00 P.M. for patients/escorts requiring accommodations at the Moosonee Hostel, contact must be made with the Boreal
coordinator or Moosonee medical transportation driver BEFORE sending patients/escorts over in order to ensure there are accommodations available.
Patients/escorts discharged from WGH must be at WGH waiting no later then 4:00 P.M.
Weekend Schedule
DEPARTS MOOSONEE | DEPARTS MOOSE FACTORY |
10:00 A.M | 10:15 A.M |
3:00 P.M | 3:15 P.M |
Statutory Holiday Schedule | ||
DEPARTS MOOSONEE | DEPARTS MOOSE FACTORY | |
7:30 A.M. (Dialysis Patients) | 7:45 A.M. | |
12:30 P.M. | 12:45 P.M. | |
4:00 P.M. | 4:15 P.M. |
Exceptions:
Extra runs will be made when a physician or nurse practitioner deems a patient as “medically urgent”.
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