Patient Travel Assistance

The program provides medical transportation to the nearest health clinic or hospital to receive health services not available in your home community, or not covered by provincial or territorial travel assistance programs.

When eligible, benefits may include one or more of the following:

• Transportation (limited to the most economical mode of transportation after factoring in meals and lodging costs).
• Road and air ambulance (clients must be registered with their birth community, and have a status number).
• Meals and lodging.
• Escort and/or interpreter services (provided for minors where medically  required and/or for individuals that require Nisga'a/English interpretive  services.