As it stands now, the region's largest community, Fort Simpson, will have three members on the board. One representing each of the Liidlii Kue First Nation, local Metis and the village of Fort Simpson. Fort Providence and Fort Liard will each have two representatives on the new board.

The Deh Cho's other communities -- Kakisa, Trout Lake, Jean Marie River, Nahanni Butte and Wrigley, will rotate one position between them.

However, at last week's Deh Cho Leadership on the Hay River Reserve, some leaders from their communities said they were unhappy with having to share a single board member.

Deh Cho Health and Social Services public administrator, former GNWT government leader Nick Sibbeston, has been travelling throughout the region, discussing the new board's makeup.

The former Fort Simpson Hospital was closed last fall and the new health centre -- opened Monday to Friday until 5 p.m., with emergency staff on call during off hours, now operates in the building.

While there remains some lingering political resentment -- particularly in Fort Simpson -- over the pace and style of the changes and Sibbeston's appointment, the moves will result in a goal most in the Deh Cho say they support: local control over health care.