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live and within minutes of entering the pod. mall — “kind of like a drive-in Wi-Fi zone,” as Hazen
describes it — and use their phone to download and

The health pod is located in the Cowessess First use the app.

Nation Health Department.
“But for those who don’t have a smart device or

“Two-thirds of the members of Cowessess don’t Internet, we felt it was a really good partnership to

have smart devices. They don’t have Internet, they be able to put the pod in their health centre, which is
don’t have these resources. They don’t have that managed by one of their nurse practitioners,” says

access,” Hazen explains. “We installed the smart Hazen. “The continuity of care is there. The patients
Wi-Fi system at the band office for them and at the are used to seeing a nurse practitioner. Right now

mall, so that we could actually deliver a broader they are struggling to bring doctors in obviously with

reach of free Wi-Fi to them.” the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve been able to bridge
that gap by bringing the pod in and those people

This means some of the members who do have a are now able to see a doctor within a few minutes
smart device can pull up to the band office or the alongside their regular medical appointments.”

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