Doctors aboard a Canadian Coast Guard ship travelled to and surveyed the Inuit communities residing in the most isolated areas in Canada, the Eastern High Arctic, for pulmonary TB in 1962. The ship's four doctors surveyed 2,510 people, thoroughly examining half the number. Seventy-nine cases of TB were found. These patients were transported south to a Sanatorium for treatment and several measures were taken to minimize the patients' shock in being separated from their natural environment. Medical facilities and treatment became more accessible to the Inuits in the late sixties and early seventies.