Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 30, 1965, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday november 30. 1965 doctors air differences on govt. Medicare plan by Victor Mackie i Ottawa staff a weakness of the British National a health scheme is the treatment accorded the family doctor. The proposed Canadian health scr vices plan should ensure that the family doctor is Well paid and has Good working conditions the medicare conference was informed Here monday. Or. Samuel Wolfe medical director a the Saskatoon Community health services medical clinic in Saskatchewan in this address to the conference emphasized the need for better treatment t for family doctors under health schemes. He spoke out for government medicare programs. Or. Victor Goldbloom of Mon Treal chairman of the economic policy committee of the Cana Dian medical association put Forward the position of the Cha. He emphasized that no amount of government organization of medical services was satisfactory to the average Canadian if when he needed medical attention the necessary trained personnel were not available. Or. Goldbloom disagreed sharply with the Hall Royal commission report. The commission emphasized that shortages of personnel should not be used As an excuse to delay initiating programs and plans. I or. Goldbloom said some hospitals had opened new wards even though there was not sufficient trained staff to Man them and then had to shut them Down Over Holiday periods or when it was discovered that the staff was not Large enough. He likened this situation to a department store advertising a terrific the con Sumer rushed to the store to pay the Low Price for the top product Only to find when he got there that the store was sold out. What Good is the bargain if the product advertised is not he asked. The two doctors were the main speakers at the monday afternoon session of the working conference on the implications of a health charter for Cana plans. Objective of the Confer ence is to bring about wider Public knowledge i and under standing of the report. Of the Royal commission on health services and its recommend Ings. About 300 delegates from 21 National organizations Are expected to have registered before the conference closes wednesday afternoon. B or. Wolfe said that As Canada proceeded with its provincially administered National health program the mistakes made in other such As the British scheme should be some spokesmen for the three major Federal political parties of Canada the Trade unions Many co operatives the farm unions and other consumer groups. Their View is that the financing of health services should by and Large come under the Public Domain. On the other Side Are the health insurance the chamber of Commerce the Canadian medical association and among politicians Premier e. C. Manning of Alberta and his government As Well As other politicians and other groups avoided. He urged that r More j they believed that subsidies attention be paid to the pc Man the general Pratti Tiona or family doctor. Even those of us mos warmly disposed to the British National health service mus admit that their general practitioner has poor conditions o too Many patients pc doctor too few helpers of doctors inadequate pay of doing a High Quality Job and a perpetuation of the 19th can turn Soli or Small shopkeeper Type doctor said Wolfe. In Canada there were Simila problems he said. In Man Rural areas the general practitioner or family doctor continued to be the sole source o immediate care for the sick Twenty five per cent of Al adults in Canada see a doctor in a Given month. Only two pc cent of these will have to see a specialist and Only one adult pc population will wind up with a University Type Hospital it was apparent therefore tha the great majority of Mudica services can and should be carried out by the family doctor with suitable help. Or. Wolfe said. He said the propose medicare program in Canada should provide that the family doctor is a Well paid in the work he does keeping canadians from having to enter hospitals As he would be if he was operating in a Hospital surgery. A useful debate was going on in Canada or. Wolfe observed. On the one Side Are or. Justice Eai Mett Hall chair Man of the Loyal commission. Neptune fisheries 472 Dufferin Avenue pm. 589-4486 or pm. 589-3174 10 Day special whole Frozen Salmon la. Whole Frozen halibut la. Steamed on request notice 1965 Canadian 5 Coin sets s3.00 per set. Minimum order 5 sets per person. Certified Cheque or Money order payable to Royal Coin co., Post office Box 323. Montreal 29, Canada. 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