Foot care is a program developed just recently in the past year. It was developed to get Foot Care within the Island Lake region.
It was promoted to prevent foot amputations and foot ulcers that have a vast impact on the health care system. This happens with Diabetes complications, micro and vascular complications. Because diabetes is on the rise, it is very prevalent in our communities. Due to these complications people were losing limbs and having ulcers.
We contract foot care nurses and we have one live-in Foot Care Nurse, Carla Flett in St. Theresa Point, that lives in the community, full time.