Saskatoon’s Nice Hill College on twentieth Road, which closed its doorways in 2023, will probably be opening their doorways within the fall with a brand new look.
Alongside town’s first pressing care centre will probably be Saskatchewan’s first wellness centre of its sort, which can embrace a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine.
“In that imaging clinic, we’ve state-of-the-art, essentially the most latest tools Canon has in Saskatchewan. So we’re enthusiastic about that. That’s an MRI, after which additionally ultrasound, CT scans. We’re additionally having a pharmacy put in right here,” mentioned Jay Ahenakew Funk, CEO of Ahtahkakoop Cree Developments.
Ahtahkakoop Cree Developments owns the land and can run the positioning. Funk says the corporate will probably be working alongside the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Expertise (SIIT) to workers the wellness centre, hiring for X-ray technicians, psychological well being and dependancy counsellors, and even an elder’s program.
“It’s properly wanted. And being from the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation and representing our folks, I feel it’s necessary that the province and us as First Nations come collectively and put one thing collectively that’s going to be rewarding for everybody,” mentioned Funk.
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Funk says the wellness centre being beside an pressing care facility permits the 2 care groups to enhance collaboration to assist sufferers.
“With the wellness centre, I feel ensuring that the packages go hand-in-hand with the pressing care, after which clearly we may also help one another out,” Funk mentioned. “So, it’s essential, really. It’s an necessary step, being near pressing care.”
Connected to the wellness centre will probably be a 150-stall parkade, as Funk says parking is properly wanted within the space.
The pressing care facility is presently at 70 per cent completion with each services anticipated to be up and working in early 2027.
The $50 million challenge is anticipated to ease Saskatchewan wait occasions because it homes tools usually solely seen in hospitals.
Watch above for extra on the wellness centre and the facilities it’s going to embrace to assist Saskatchewan sufferers.
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