Teleradiology in KO First Nations; Bell Canada Partnership in Wawatay stories

The November 13 issue of Wawatay News contains three more news stories about the work being completed within the Kuh-ke-nah Network of Smart First Nations demonstration project.

This week's issue of the

Kuh-ke-nah page in Wawatay News include the following articles:
  • Teleradiology will allow patients to stay at home
  • : New digital radiology machines are now installed in Deer Lake and Fort Severn Nursing Stations. Images are now being transferred directly from the Nursing Stations and being read in Sioux Lookout or Thunder Bay or anywhere on the network where a radiologist / doctor is available to interpret the image and make appropriate recommendations to the nurse in the Nursing Station.
  • Partnerships bring benefits to First Nation communities
  • : The K-Net – Bell Canada partnership has contributed to improved connectivity and services for all the communities across Northern Ontario. The investments being made by Bell and FedNor in the construction of broadband infrastructure is supporting the development of new broadband applications enabling socio-economic initiatives in all the First Nations across the region.
  • K-Net Showcase
  • - contains photos from the K-Net photo gallery at
http://photos.knet.ca with images of more of the partners involved in working with K-Net to make the network Industry Canada’s Aboriginal Smart Communities Demonstration project.

Rick Garrick is researching additional stories for future articles. If you have a story that you want to share about this project and the work that is happening in your community to get connected, please send us an e-mail.

Various newspaper articles are being scanned and stored for reference purposes

in this photo gallery.