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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/09/18/nwt-wrigley-nurse.html
Nurse to visit flu-stricken N.W.T. community
Last Updated: Friday, September 18, 2009 | 6:28 PM CT
A nurse will be sent after all to the remote Dene community of Wrigley, N.W.T., which is dealing with many flu cases and fear of a possible swine flu outbreak.
About two-thirds of the population in Wrigley, a Dehcho First Nations community that has about 175 residents, have come down with flu-like symptoms in recent weeks.
Even the band's chief has the flu, as well as most of the community's students.
Local officials have said they don't know whether or not people in Wrigley have the H1N1 influenza virus.
The community's request to territorial health officials for a doctor or nurse to come to Wrigley had gone unanswered until Friday.
But late Friday afternoon, band manager Darcy Moses told CBC News he's received word that a nurse will be coming to Wrigley next week.
A nurse from Fort Simpson, located 200 kilometres south of Wrigley, visits the community once a month.
But in the event of an emergency, Wrigley residents have to travel two hours by road or an hour by air to get medical attention.
Previously, regional health officials would only say trips are being planned to Wrigley and other Dehcho communities to deal with the situation, although dates have not been set.
Nurse to visit flu-stricken N.W.T. community
Last Updated: Friday, September 18, 2009 | 6:28 PM CT
A nurse will be sent after all to the remote Dene community of Wrigley, N.W.T., which is dealing with many flu cases and fear of a possible swine flu outbreak.
About two-thirds of the population in Wrigley, a Dehcho First Nations community that has about 175 residents, have come down with flu-like symptoms in recent weeks.
Even the band's chief has the flu, as well as most of the community's students.
Local officials have said they don't know whether or not people in Wrigley have the H1N1 influenza virus.
The community's request to territorial health officials for a doctor or nurse to come to Wrigley had gone unanswered until Friday.
But late Friday afternoon, band manager Darcy Moses told CBC News he's received word that a nurse will be coming to Wrigley next week.
A nurse from Fort Simpson, located 200 kilometres south of Wrigley, visits the community once a month.
But in the event of an emergency, Wrigley residents have to travel two hours by road or an hour by air to get medical attention.
Previously, regional health officials would only say trips are being planned to Wrigley and other Dehcho communities to deal with the situation, although dates have not been set.