In an emergency, call 911. Independent services, not affiliated with this hospital. Free nurse advice: 811.
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Quieter times: Family doctors are available 24/7 at this facility. For non-life-threatening concerns, weekday daytime hours may offer slightly more routine scheduling, but given the remote setting and small community, the ER is designed to be the consistent point of care at any hour.
Busier times: No historical wait time data is available for this facility. As the sole hospital serving a broad remote region, the ER can see increased demand following community health events or when weather grounds medical evacuation flights. If your situation is not an emergency, calling ahead at 819-988-2957 to coordinate your visit is advisable.
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No other hospitals within 100 km. If non-urgent, consider calling 811 or seeing a pharmacist.
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Open on ERstat →Centre de Santé Inuulitsivik in Puvirnituq, QC is the largest health facility in the Inuulitsivik network, serving seven Inuit communities along the Hudson Bay coast with 25 inpatient beds and a 24/7 emergency department staffed by family physicians around the clock. As the primary acute-care hospital for one of Canada's most remote Arctic regions, it delivers emergency care, trauma response, general medicine, surgery, psychiatry, maternity, and long-term care to populations across Nunavik's Hudson Bay coast. Residents of Puvirnituq and surrounding villages — including Akulivik, Inukjuak, Ivujivik, Kuujjuaraapik, Salluit, and Umiujaq — rely on this facility as their essential healthcare anchor, with air evacuation to Montreal available for cases requiring specialist or surgical intervention.
24/7 emergency department, Trauma care, General and family medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and maternity (birth centre), Internationally recognized Indigenous midwifery program, Day surgery, Psychiatry and mental health, Long-term and extended care (CHSLD mission), CLSC community health services, Youth protection services (CPEJ mission), Aaniavituqarq Crisis Centre (Regional Intensive Care Centre), Diagnostic services, Home care and community outreach visits, Medical evacuation coordination to Montreal, Northern Quebec Module patient services in Montreal, McGill University Family Medicine training site.
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