NCN Medical Receiving Home

A Safe, Full Service Stay for Our Citizens

The NCN Medical Receiving Home is a new service provided for ALL NCN community members who have referrals for medical appointments in Winnipeg.

The NCN MRH provides transportation upon a patient’s arrival from the bus depot and airport in Winnipeg to:

  • The Medical Receiving Home
  • Their medical appointments
  • Their point of departure from Winnipeg

The NCN MRH also provides home-cooked meals and accommodations while in Winnipeg for medical appointments.

The NCN MRH is staffed by NCN community members eager to provide our services with care and compassion to reduce the stress on medical transport patients. We aim to make our community members feel valued and respected on their healing journey.

The units are built to be your home-away-from-home in a safe environment and access to city services. Full kitchen and dinette spaces with microwave, stove and refrigerator. Comfortable baths and bedrooms with ample space for families.

Amenities for your Comfort

Our facility has on an onsite cook, 24 hour security, three transportation drivers, daily housekeeping staff, and residential counsellor to ensure a quality stay while attending medical appointments.

Upon your intake clients will be required to provide their referral information from the NCN Nursing Station.

Medical Patients will no longer:

  • Wait on hold for FNIHB
  • Wait for a taxi
  • Stay at a hotel
  • Eat take-out food
  • Worry about missing an appointment
  • Be left stranded in Winnipeg

For more information regarding the intake process or to find out more, please call:

240-786-8661

Need a Short- or Long-term Medical Stay? You have Options.

Guide to Short & Long-Term Medical Stay Options

When faced with arranging medical stays it is important to reduce the stress on medical patients. We aim to make our community members feel valued and respected on their healing journey.

  • Some people prefer to be independent and arrange their medical stays privately.
  • Others want assistance, but also want some privacy. FNIHB planning may be best.
  • If you want a sense of community, we suggest the NCN Medical Receiving Home (MRH). Whatever you choose, we want you to feel safe, secure while you are on your health care journey.

On-reserve NCN Citizens:

Stay at NCN Medical Receiving Home
(for short or long stay* – covered by FNIHB)

  • Accommodations in the MRH
  • Transportation for appointments
  • Home-cooked meals at the MRH

Or you may prefer to set up your own private accommodations

  • You receive a partial allowance for accommodation for you & your medical escort from FNIHB
  • You receive an allowance for taxi & meals from FNIHB
  • You are in charge of all arrangements for your housing, meals and transportation.

Off-reserve NCN Citizens:

Stay in FNIHB accommodations 
(for short or long stay* – covered by FNIHB)

  • You request your choice of hotels on the FNIHB list
  • You contact FNIHB for taxi service
  • You receive an allowance for meals
  • You are in charge of all arrangements for your meals and transportation.

Or you may prefer to set up your own private accommodations

  • You & your escort receive an allowance for accommodations from FNIHB
  • You contact FNIHB for taxi service
  • There is no meal allowance under this plan
  • You are in charge of all arrangements for your housing, meals and transportation.

Hotel Options for Accommodations

(Eligible for $50/night reimbursement including meals)

  • Airport Motor Inn
  • Best Western Plus Winnipeg Airport
  • Canad Inns Fort Garry
  • Canad Inns Garden City
  • Canad Inns HSC
  • Canad Inns Polo Park
  • Canad Inns Windsor Park
  • Clarion Hotel
  • Dakota Plains First Nation Rel Estate
  • Four Crowns Inn
  • Holiday Inn Downtown
  • Holiday Inn South
  • Hotel Royal Plaza
  • Keewatin House Lodge
  • Marlborough Hotel
  • Nakiska Group
  • New Balmoral Hotel
  • New Cavalier Inn
  • New Lodge
  • Norwood Hotel
  • Pimicikamak Place
  • Quest Inn
  • Radisson Downtown
  • Ronald McDonald House
  • South East Wellness Lodge
  • Swampy Cree
  • TCN Keekinow
  • Travelodge Winnipeg Airport (Canadiana)
  • Westwood Village Inn
  • 508 Sherbrook Lodge

How does MRH work?

All NCN Citizens who live on-reserve in Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation qualify to use the MRH, if there is space available, and if the MRH is capable of providing the care required. (You will be required to provide your referral information from the NCN Nursing Station.)

The MRH is set up to accommodate one-day appointments, overnighters, and stays of longer term* in cases of surgery and ongoing treatment. (Extensions may be provided on a case-by-case basis, with proof that you have tried to find another residence.)

* Long-term stays can be extended for stays past three months, based on eligibility.

How Can I Learn More?

Call (204) 786-8661

to talk to someone at the NCN Medical Receiving Home so we can help you to make your decisions.

Call 1-877-983-0911

to speak to a government rep about making your own arrangements.

If you prefer to make your own plans:

 Search online for “medical transportation benefits for First Nations and Inuit.” The Government of Canada website will provide more information.