New mobile medivan set to bring medical services to northern Saskatchewan communities – Saskatoon

A brand new off-grid medical van known as Wellness on Wheels will quickly be in service for northern communities in Saskatchewan.

The medical van’s function is to offer fundamental health-care companies for rural areas that in any other case wouldn’t have entry or which have issue accessing.

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The medical van is a one-stop-shop for medical care and will probably be used to offer COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

The van supplies health-care employees onboard the required house to offer well being care and is provided with many important options.

Wellness on Wheels co-founder Steven Glass says that is just the start; he hopes to have extra medivans throughout the fleet earlier than later.

“We’re excited to maintain working with the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) sooner or later to push these vans into completely different avenues for well being wants,” Glass stated. “We stay up for what comes sooner or later for Saskatchewan and roll out throughout Canada.”

Glass says they hope to have the van in operation earlier than the snow arrives this yr.