Medical and Referral Transportation

The Keewatin Tribal Council (KTC) Referral Service provides the most efficient and cost effective movement/retention of those registered First Nations people who must be sent to a center away from their home community to acquire appropriate health services by arranging for transportation, accommodations, meals services for all patients/escorts on approved medical travel. The service is available and provided to the KTC membership communities and their membership. KTC Referral and Medial Transportation only services the 11 KTC First Nations and their membership.

There has been significant increase of First Nations living off reserve accessing services on a regular basis such as inquiries regarding eligibility of services within the Non Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program, clients seeking transportation outside of Thompson for medical purposes who are not covered under the Northern Patient Transportation Program. Overall the referral and medical transportation units maintains to provide optimal service and has a proven performance in that respect. Referral concerns as they may arise are addressed on an ongoing basis. Statistics are maintained on a monthly basis and retained for reporting purposes to First Nations & Inuit Health Branch (FNIH) as per the funding arrangements.

The Keewatin Tribal Council (KTC) Medical Transportation Program operates with the objective to provide transportation services to those eligible to access medically required health services from the appropriate facilities in Thompson in accordance with Non Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) medical transportation directives The transportation program in conjunction with the KTC Referral Unit transports those eligible to the Thompson health facilities for the purposes of fulfilling their medical needs. The data required for the Medical Transportation Service to fulfill its transportation obligation for the eligible includes the following: name, treaty number, First Nation community, name of parent/guardian/escort and other special needs of the patient.

There are a total of four (4) Day referral clerks and ten (10) Afterhours clerks (rotating shifts) in the Referral Unit. There are seven (7) fulltime Class 4 Licensed Drivers and Dispatchers, three (3) licensed casual drivers/dispatchers in the KTC Medical Transportation Units and service providers to ensure a measure of quality service.

Both Programs, Referral and Medical Transportation units operate 24 hours and 7 days a week. Including all holidays. It is operated in coordination with the designated health facilities and service providers to ensure a measure of quality service.

For patients/escorts travelling to Winnipeg on approved medical travel, are encourage to call the KTC Toll Free Number at 1-866-677-0310 for services and to avoid waiting in queue while in Winnipeg.

Phone numbers to remember while on medical travel:
Thompson - 204-677-0310 - Referral

Thompson - 204-6770315 - Medical Transportation

Winnipeg or anywhere in Manitoba can call our toll free number anytime at
1-866-677-0310