However, it is also the only hospital for the whole population of Nunavut, a population of about 30,000. Which is still not too bad.

But the really interesting statistic is that it is the only hospital for an area of almost 2 million square kilometres, or about 20% of the land area of Canada. And anything which cannot be treated in Baffin has to be flown out to Ottawa. By a plane which is stationed in Montreal. So a typical transport takes four hours to arrive, picking up a medical team in Ottawa, and then takes three hours to get the patient to Ottawa. And that is assuming the weather is suitable for flying.

But it looks pretty much like any hospital in a small town anywhere in the world:

Outside of Hospital	Staff arrive by snowmobile	Corridor
Patient Room	Outpatients	Cafeteria
Good healthy food	Anti-smoking Poster	Staff in lounge

Let's take a look inside the Operating Rooms:

I like the "Quiet" sign, and the "Keep Out" note in three languages.	The main operating room.	An Ohmeda anesthesia machine and associated monitors.
Many operations are performed under local. Note the change over in staff, as many names are crossed off the list	A Drager Narkomed 2a in the Procedure Room	The view from the main OR. Sometimes you can see caribou!