Long-term care gets shot in arm

Nunavik health officials will soon receive a $200,000 boost in funding to improve services for patients receiving long-term and residential care.

The one-time influx of cash from the Quebec government will go towards renovations at long-term and residential care facilities in Kuujjuaq and Puvirnituq.

The Tulattavik Health Centre in Kuujjuaq will get $100,000 to install a therapeutic bath, and renovate the washrooms to make them more accessible. The money will also go towards revamping the pharmacy counter.

The Inuulitsivik Health Centre in Puvirnituq will spend the same amount on renovating rooms, and upgrading its drinking water supply and ventilation system.