The annual report on medical travel services, released last week, outlines that there were over 23,000 medical travel cases in the territory in 2024/25, costing more than $35 million ... .
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Rankin Inlet has no medical boarding home and the community's airport terminal also has limited seating and food options, making it difficult for people who travel for medical care ... .
The hospital expects the arrangement to reduce missed connections between flights, transfers, and first appointments, and to support consistent, documented handoffs during the earliest stage of medical travel.
Health officials in the N.W.T. say there were more than 20,000 instances of medical travel within and out of the territory last year, and say an analysis of 600 patient charts suggests that nearly a third could have been avoided ... .
Under the agreement, KQ Health will provide end-to-end logistical support for patients, including medical clearances before travel, in-flight medical assistance, and direct ambulance transfers from the airport to Aga Khan University Hospital.