Prairie Mountain Health has recruited four nurse practitioners to provide medical treatment in Westman — including Shoal Lake, Melita and Rossburn, which have been without a full-time doctor, says Treena Slate, the health care region’s CEO.

The nurse practitioners have started seeing patients in those communities as well as Canupawakpa First Nation, the Brandon Minor Injury and Illness Clinic and Dauphin Primary Care Outreach Clinic, PMH announced in a news release Monday.

Kiersten McNabb, the new nurse practitioner for Rossburn and Shoal Lake, grew up in Minnedosa and understands some of the challenges people in rural communities face in trying to find a primary health-care provider.

“I am excited to be providing care to communities who need more primary care providers,” she said in an

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