PRINCE GEORGE – Groundbreaking has taken place for the new health care facility on the North Side of the Lheidli T’enneh townsite.
The new facility will include a health and wellness centre, exam and treatment rooms, telehealth and even a dental clinic.
This project has been many years in the making, with the current facility is not adequate to serve the needs of the residents.
“Projects like this don’t come easy. The actually take a lot of time and enerrgy and they take years,” says Dayi Clay Pountney, Chief of the Lheildi T’enneh
“Our team has been busy throughout the Covid-19 period providing services to members. Our department outgrew our current Health Center a couple of years ago,” says Tamara Seymour, Health Center Manager.
The new four-million-dollar centre is just one of the big plans for the area.
“With this whole health centre, it’s helping the community build as well. So we’re starting to build the community up. As you’ve seen, we have the small houses that are starting to be built. Our age demographic is the older,” he says. “As BC had their report on how First nations have been treated in the health care system and how it hasn’t been a good time. We’ve known this the whole time. So having our own health care system is great for us.”
The centre is expected to be completed late next year.
