By Jon Thompson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter \u201cPeople are dying left and right,\u201d Meno Ya Win Hospital staff told Sol Mamakwa as the Kiiwetinoong MPP toured the Sioux Lookout area\u2019s largest health care facility. The backlog in the 55-bed acute care facility was worse than Mamakwa had ever seen it during his years as health system transformation lead for Nishnawbe Aski Nation, before he was elected. Many of those occupying 33 Alternate Level of Care beds at Meno Ya Win were members of the First Nations for whom he had aspired to make health services available in their own communities. \u201cAnd then she says, \u2018I want to ask you something,\u2019\u201d the NDP\u2019s Mamakwa recalls, leaning in and lowering his voice. \u201cShe looks me in the eye and says, \u2018can you… <\/p>\n
By Jon Thompson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter \u201cPeople are dying left and right,\u201d Meno Ya Win Hospital staff told Sol Mamakwa as the Kiiwetinoong MPP toured the Sioux Lookout area\u2019s largest health care facility. The backlog in the 55-bed acute care facility was worse than Mamakwa had ever seen it during his years as health system transformation lead for Nishnawbe Aski Nation, before he was elected. Many of those occupying 33 Alternate Level of Care beds at Meno Ya Win were members of the First Nations for whom he had aspired to make health services available in their own communities. \u201cAnd then she says, \u2018I want to ask you something,\u2019\u201d the NDP\u2019s Mamakwa recalls, leaning in and lowering his voice. \u201cShe looks me in the eye and says, \u2018can you... <\/p>\n