The Maniilaq Association is a tribally-operated health and social services organization serving the Northwest Arctic Borough and the North Slope community of Point Hope.
[1][2] "Maniiḷaq" is a word in the Iñupiaq language meaning "without money", reflecting the organization's nonprofit status.
[1] Maniilaq assumed management of the Indian Health Service's local hospital program on July 1, 1988.
The 80,000 square foot hospital houses facilities to provide primary, emergency, psychiatric, dental, and long-term care, as well as an inpatient wing with 17 beds for recovering patients.
For more complicated cases, the CHAPs communicate with Maniilaq Health Center medical staff.