Silas Arngna’naaq, a Baker Lake man, says his family doesn’t trust Nunavut’s Health Department after two family members had to be medevaced to Winnipeg this year without a medical escort. His late wife Lucy spent six days alone after she was told her escort could not travel with her because there was not enough room on the medevac plane. (Photo courtesy of Silas Arngna’naaq)
Lucy Arngna’naaq was left alone in a Winnipeg hospital for six days, says her husband
A Baker Lake man says his family no longer trusts Nunavut’s Health Department after problems with the medevac flight system left two family members alone for several days in a Winnipeg hospital in separate incidents.
Jaxon Pala Puqiqnak, 12, of Gjoa Haven, wears a handmade Edmonton Oilers parka his mother Abby Puqiqnak finished Monday after two weeks of work. The parka features No. 97, the number worn by Oilers captain Connor McDavid, but Jaxon’s favourite Oiler is Leon Draisaitl. Although his mother and siblings are Toronto Maple Leafs fans, Jaxon and his dad Paul are devoted Oilers fans and have travelled to Edmonton for games over the past six years. (Photo courtesy of Paul Puqiqnak)