Nurses are breaking their silence about their frustrations trying to save a man's life on a remote northern First Nation.

On June 13, RCMP responded to a hit-and-run on Berens River First Nation.

The First Nation has no road access, and is only accessible by air.

Orval McKay, 29, was seriously injured and rushed to the local nursing station around 1:30 a.m.

Nurses are upset and angry that Lifeflight Air Ambulance and a doctor never arrived.

"He was not in very good condition. He was bleeding profusely, but he was alive, and he was breathing and he had a heart beat and he had good blood pressure," said nurse Candice Rookes.

Rookes said when McKay arrived at the station they did everything they could to save him, but he died about two hours and 45 minutes later.

“It’s very hard he died right he front of us,” said Sylvio Poitras, another nurse who helped treat McKay.

“He was fighting through to the end he was fighting. I wish someone came from Winnipeg. He would have had at least a fighting chance”,

The nurses called for a Lifeflight jet to come to Berens River, and were shocked to hear the response.

"Within a few minutes of giving my report the flight nurse said ‘I should let you know, we don't land in Berens River.’ I said excuse me? ‘We don't land in Berens River’,” said Rookes.

The province confirms Lifeflight has flown to Berens River more than 40 times between 2008 and 2015, raising questions with the chief.

"I feel enough is enough,” said Berens River Chief, Jackie Everett. “This death has impacted the whole community. There are questions of why and what if in order to move forward," she said.

One, ongoing problem is the length of the runway. Right now it's just over 883 metres long, 20 metres short of the required length for the Lifeflight jet to land.

“Lifeflight does fly at night. The challenge is landing on that airstrip at night. It is a shorter airstrip. It needs specific conditions in order to land there,” said acting executive director of Health Emergency Management, Teresa Mrozek.

The chief wants to know who made the decision and why.

"I totally don't believe what they are saying. Why are they in this business if they can't produce, right," said Chief Everett.

The province also said STARS air service couldn't respond for a number of reasons. One of the reasons being it was at the edge of the range where the helicopter can fly.

Health Emergency Management said an air ambulance was dispatched sometime after 2:30 a.m., but McKay died before it attempted to land.