Children covered in sores and rashes in an Ontario First Nation are the face of a much broader health crisis faced by aboriginal communities across the country, says Charlie Angus, the NDP indigenous affairs critic.
"Public_Domain" said I wonder how many communities in Canada face problems like Flint's.
Just the First Nations ones. Kashechewan has been evacuated due to disease before and has historically been plagued by E.coli, impetigo and scabies. It's also built on a floodplain and has been evacuated due to flood in each of the last four consecutive years.
"BeaverFever" said I wonder how many communities in Canada face problems like Flint's.
Just the First Nations ones. Kashechewan has been evacuated due to disease before and has historically been plagued by E.coli, impetigo and scabies. It's also built on a flood plane and has been evacuated due to flood in each of the last four consecutive years.
But its all this kid's fault Oh fer sure dude. That sure seems to be the general sentiment on this forum.
After visits to 18 homes in Kashechewan First Nation, doctors in Kashechewan say they have identified 19 children with skin conditions, but no medical emergencies.
The diagnoses so far in the children aged one to mid-teens is scabies, mild impetigo and eczema, said Keith Conn, associate deputy minister of First Nations and Inuit Health. It's unclear if the kids have a combination of these or one or the other.
It isn't (knock on wood) but damn if that isn't scary to see something like that again.
I wonder how many communities in Canada face problems like Flint's.
Just the First Nations ones. Kashechewan has been evacuated due to disease before and has historically been plagued by E.coli, impetigo and scabies. It's also built on a floodplain and has been evacuated due to flood in each of the last four consecutive years.
But its all this kid's fault:
I wonder how many communities in Canada face problems like Flint's.
Just the First Nations ones. Kashechewan has been evacuated due to disease before and has historically been plagued by E.coli, impetigo and scabies. It's also built on a flood plane and has been evacuated due to flood in each of the last four consecutive years.
But its all this kid's fault Oh fer sure dude. That sure seems to be the general sentiment on this forum.
The diagnoses so far in the children aged one to mid-teens is scabies, mild impetigo and eczema, said Keith Conn, associate deputy minister of First Nations and Inuit Health. It's unclear if the kids have a combination of these or one or the other.
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