Photo: Breaking ground on Nunavik’s new patient transit

With shovel in hand, Nunavik health officials break ground Sept. 29 at the site of the region’s new Montreal patient transit centre; from left, Northern Quebec Module director Maggie Putulik, Ivujivik patient Mattiusi Iyaituk, Dorval mayor Edgar Rouleau, Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services chair Elisapi Uittangak and Innuulitsivik health care centre chair Aliva Tulugak. Construction will begin this fall on the 143-bed facility, which is expected to open in December 2016. (PHOTO BY BOB MESHER)