Northern Development and Mines Minister Bartolucci visited the Keewaytinook Okimakanak office in Balmertown to announce nearly 1.1 million dollar investment to support the purchase of telemedicine equipment required to expand the KO Telehealth initiative into all the First Nation Health Centres across the Sioux Lookout Health Zone. The funding is coming from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund.
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