With a budget of $10 million a year from Alberta Health, Alberta’s Rural Physician Action Plan (RPAP) works on attracting physicians to practice in rural areas of the province.
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Tag Archives: medicine
Concerns over marijuana production centre
MP Blake Richards was at The Gold and Silver Centre in Cremona on Fri. Jan. 10 to take part in a meeting meant to address the concerns of residents about a medicinal marijuana production centre that is being developed in the area.
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Care clinic would need City money: local doc
An all-encompassing medical clinic to meet the unique needs of people in Medicine Hat may require a financial contribution from the City towards the infrastructure if it is to materialize, says a local physician.
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Traditionally blue-collar Red Deer sees bright future in science and medicine
Glenn Moore zeroes in on the advantages of Red Deer with a rhetorical question.
“Would you like to live in central Alberta or Fort McMurray if you are a family man?”
Moore, a longtime commercial realtor with Advantage Commercial in the central Alberta hub city, is happy to answer it, and give you the goods on Red Deer.
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Telehealth bringing patients, doctors together
Central Albertans are saving time, money and worry as more use Alberta Health Services videoconferencing for medical appointments.
Red Deer residents Kimberly Bigoraj and her son Brayden, 5, started using Telehealth last November when a severe snowstorm prevented them from going to Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton.
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