Patients in Quebec’s Nunavik region evacuated over persistent water shortages

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is evacuating patients from a health facility in the province’s Far North because of persistent water shortages in a community.
The Health Department says two patients were flown 1,600 kilometres south to the Montreal area from the Inuit village of Puvirnituq late Thursday, with more expected to arrive.
The Inuulitsivik health centre’s emergency room remains open.Residents of Puvirnituq, in the Nunavik region, have been without consistent water